Of course. But the computer is a controlled environment designed to imitate the rigor of formal mathematics. It is usually not expected for such behavior to occ

Of course. But the computer is a controlled environment designed to imitate the rigor of formal mathematics. It is usually not expected for such behavior to occur in computing. Of course in the real world it happens all the time. YOU are emergent behavior. Humans and the rest of biology come from natural selection and evolution, which is basically by definition, emergent behavior of atoms.