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W. Brian Arthur (Part 2) on "Prim Dreams of Order vs. Messy Vitality" in Economics, Math, and Physics

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Algorithms and the Evolution of Science

Science shifts, i believe, when new instruments come along. Different types of mathematics bring different insights. Verbs and process s are natural in algarithmic maths. They don't describe human emotions on things like the economy or human behaviour. But they provide another language in which we can have verbs and nons working together.

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