COMPLEXITY

David Krakauer on The Landscape of 21st Century Science

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Oct 9, 2019
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INSIGHT

Limits of "Theories of Everything"

  • Grand unified theories of everything, while ambitious, often overlook crucial aspects like life and intelligence.
  • Complexity science aims to find common rules and regularities across fields like biology, culture, and technology.
INSIGHT

Science, Art, and Complexity

  • Complexity helps explain why science and art seem incommensurable.
  • Science excels at explaining regular systems, while art thrives on incompressible, idiosyncratic expression.
INSIGHT

World Creation vs. World Explanation

  • Scientists explain empirical reality, while artists create artistic realities.
  • Both engage with constraints and limitations, blurring the lines between creation and explanation.
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