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"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot
by chrisweekly 4y ago
"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system."
- John Gall
- satvikpendem 4y agoThis describes biological evolution well too. However, I wonder how this works for physical things, how does one create a simple version of a train or bridge? Some things have a complexity floor.
- still_grokking 4y agoHow did the "simpler" physical laws looked before nature arrived at the current ones? (That's a half serous question, of course.)