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> complex patterns can emerge from the implementation of very simple rules... "design" and "organization" can spontaneously emerge in the absence of a designer
by joshuahedlund 14y ago
> complex patterns can emerge from the implementation of very simple rules... "design" and "organization" can spontaneously emerge in the absence of a designer
Self-organization is fascinating stuff; I suppose the economic corollary would be the "invisible hand." But in this example, is there not a "designer" setting the "simple rules" that make the self-organization possible?
- guard-of-terra 14y agoEven from a random starting pattern you will get some complex patterns emerging. And no, those aren't encoded in Life's rules. They are merely allowed by those.