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Limits of Dynamical Systems Models
- Biological network diagrams are often presented as explanations, but they don't truly explain anything.
- They merely illustrate the system's complexity without revealing underlying mechanisms.
From Dynamical Systems to Process Thinking
- Johannes Jäger's early research used dynamical systems modeling to study gene regulatory networks.
- He later realized that these methods, while rooted in a network view, failed to capture organisms' dynamic structure changes.
The Importance of Process Thinking
- A true process thinker must abandon fixed structures in their models.
- Dynamical systems theory can only capture small aspects of development and evolution, not organismal agency.