The 10 features of complex systems: Part 1
Simplifying Complexity
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The Importance of Numerosity in Complex Systems
In your book, or James Ladyman, you say numerosity of interactions or parts can produce dramatic differences in behavior. Numerosity is maybe a bit of a strange word. It just means many, many things are interacting in many ways and many times. There is a fun example, which is an ant colony. How many ants does it take for a colony to function in the way we see it functioning in the forest? You know, the smallest brain we know about is I think 300 something neurons. And then it goes up to millions and trillions and so on in more developed brains.
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