----- Original Message -----
From: Rakesh Biswas <[log in to unmask]>
To: Complexity and chaos theories applied to primary medical and social care
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Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:08 PM
Subject: Fw: Fw: Consulting as a CAS?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harjinder Singh <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Rakesh Biswas <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Consulting as a CAS?
>
>
> > Dear Rakesh,
> > I am tempted to give an answer to the question on consultation being a
> > CAS.
> > I write to you because I do not have time to look into details and my
> > answer should be
> > taken as a naive response. With greater confidence, I should have
> > written to the seeker of
> > Truth directly.
> >
> > Firstly, consultation is not a system, it is a process.
> > A system is something that undergoes processes.
> > If my language is right, the consultee (the one who seeks consultation),
> > say C1,
> > consults the consultant, say, C2.
> > Both ends of the process C1 and C2 are complex systems, because the
> > degrees
> > of freedom in each case are practically infinite.
> > But it is possible that we are talking about a precise problem with a
> > limited
> > number of degrees of freedom, for instance I (C1) have $100 and I have a
> > choice to
> > go to a theatre or to indulge in a five star dinner. If I consult the
> > radio (C2) to
> > find a solution with only one parameter, the traffic (whether it is
> > easier to drive
> > to the theatre or to the gathering of the stinking rich), it is not a
> > complex system anymore.
> > However, if I look for a friend (hopefully of the right sex - or the
> > left) who should be able
> > to advise me on what to choose, now that is a complex system and my
> > guess is, even an
> > adaptive one.
> >
> > >
> > ...........laltu
> >
> >
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