It's more interesting than that even. The study of Complex Adaptive Systems[1] is pretty fascinating, and is a somewhat systematic way of getting at the concep

It's more interesting than that even. The study of Complex Adaptive Systems[1] is pretty fascinating, and is a somewhat systematic way of getting at the concepts being mentioned in this quote. It's definitely science it's just a different focus, where you spend a lot more effort looking at the emergent and often unpredictable properties of an adaptive system with autonomous components. This isn't exactly some groundbreaking theory at this point, it emerged in the late 80's or so and had a mild pop culture moment[2] but it's still pretty handy for providing a framework and some language for understanding and discussing situations like the one described here. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_adaptive_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_adaptive_system [2] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WVV5J2R/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WVV5J2R/ref=dbs_a_def_r...