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The sand pile model
Simplifying Complexity
Complexity Science Sand Piles
In science and actually in everyday life, the history of the civilization is remarkably like a sand pile. We tend to talk about systems that are in some kind of equilibrium and have simple behaviors. When we explain all we build models in physics, but also in economics or some biology...we assume that what makes that piece of paper? Kind of flutter around isn't there. Because we can't say that that's a deterministic type of system.
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