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110 | Neil Johnson on Complexity, Conflict, and Infodemiology

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

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Complexity and the Sandpile Avalanche Problem

They discuss the concept of complexity and its relation to the sandpile avalanche problem, comparing it to Jeffrey West's scaling laws and exploring the significance of the 2.5 slope.

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