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The limitations and fundamental nature of systems are not understood

Recently, I’ve become more and more aware of the limitations of conscious thought and formal models of entities and systems. We don’t understand how political systems make decisions, how world events occur, or even how we choose what to wear on any particular day. Cause and effect doesn’t exist in the form it is commonly […]

Posted 22 December 2012 † johan § Bioinformatics § Computer science § Philosophy § Software development ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

The genesis of new forms

How is the genesis of truly new forms possible? Classical scientific thinking would have us believe that the principle of cause and effect explains the world. Thus I’m led to follow the trail of potential causes when I look for the reasons behind the emergence of something. Why did the wheat grow taller in one […]

Posted 21 November 2012 † johan § Philosophy ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: