In your new work on complexity and emergence, what is the key discovery or insight that you expect can be made? What are the general conditions under which emergence happens? Is emergence generic? Will it always happen in a wide variety of theories? Or do you need a very special kind of theory? I think t there is a sort of quasi philosophical take, even though i's ultimately a more scientific question. People know there's been some work done on this, but just not enough.
Welcome to the November 2021 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
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