“NOTES ON COMPLEXITY” by Neil Theise

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    • Chaos theory led to Complexity theory
    • Complexity requires
      • Numbers matter
        • Fewer than 20 ants and no one follows order
      • Everything is local
        • There is no mastermind
      • Quenched disorder (low-level disorder)
        • Something to explore with possible alternative
      • Negative feedback loops are critical
        • Otherwise you get runaway growth
    • Thinking of the body as a fluid may help explain how acupuncture works
    • Body heat is crucial to allow mechanical processes
    • Something smooth can be subdivided
    • Until very recently, metaphysics was basically worthless to the scientific community
    • The brain does not create consciousness but transduces it

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