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Carlos Gershenson on Balance, Criticality, Antifragility, and The Philosophy of Complex Systems

COMPLEXITY

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How Complexity Science Changes Classical Thinking in Philosophy

Computational irreducibility is what happens when you put attention to interactions or you consider them as something real, not something, but just something extra. And then you perhaps most relevant aspect is that your prediction is limited. Reductionism tries to simplify in order to predict, which is desirable, because then you can try to solve problems before it's too late. However, if you have complexity meaning interactions, these will generate novel information. So then what to do when you can't predict what we have been experienced to adapt and self-grandization is one way of adapting.

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