Three Kinds of Science and City Patterns

During the period from 1600 to 1900, scientists were limited to conducting one type of science according to the perspective of the speaker. This type of science, referred to as problems in simplicity, involves two variable problems where the dependence of one factor relies entirely on another single factor. The speaker illustrates that her opponents used statistical approaches, aiming to simplify their findings into the simplicity approach. She argues that cities resemble biological life forms and living organisms, suggesting that the statistical and simplicity approaches are not suitable for understanding urban patterns.