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Not quite. One thing that is easy to miss is that "more is different" [1], that is, although we might understand the elementary components of a system, when the
by rom16384 13y ago
Not quite. One thing that is easy to miss is that "more is different" [1], that is, although we might understand the elementary components of a system, when these interact in a large number new phenomena can emerge (e.g. phase transitions).
[1] P. W. Anderson, https://www.sciencemag.org/content/177/4047/393.extract https://www.sciencemag.org/content/177/4047/393.extract