"Of course, I suppose I could be pissing in the wind, here, because at least half of the people who study complexity are crypto-reductionists who believe that all complex phenomena arise from simple rules (with particular characteristics). If we just dig deep enough, think hard enough, compute fast and large enough, everything is, deep down, essentially, foundationally, simple. But even were that true, practical, near-term solutions to complex problems will be complex."
Reductionism is a null hypothesis: First make sure something doesn't yield to decomposition. Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
