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AMA | June 2023

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

CHAPTER

The Complexity of Complex Systems

Some complex systems, such as life or the brain seem to have error correction and stability enhancing measures incorporated. Michael Pickle says he doesn't know the full answer but his vague impression is that you're going to have both. The greater complex systems maybe require some input from the outside world in order to do that error correction. They require some free energy that they can use to repair themselves and keep going. Maybe this is a process that isn't going to last forever.

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