Emergent properties can seem magical because they do not…

Your body, which is bonding millions of molecules every second, depends on transformation. Breathing and digestion harness transformation. Food and air aren’t just shuffled…

— Deepak Chopra

Safety is an emergent property of systems, not a component property.

— Nancy Leveson

Cryptocurrencies are an emergent property of the Internet - almost a fifth protocol in the Internet suite. If Satoshi Nakomoto did not exist, it…

— Naval Ravikant

“The emergent properties of my computer have existence not because they inhere in the component parts that compose them. They do so because those…

— Christian Smith

Emergent properties result from interactions between individual parts, so it follows that a top down analytical approach that begins with the whole and dissects…

— Manuel De Landa

Three principles - the conformability of nature to herself, the applicability of the criterion of simplicity, and the utility of certain parts of mathematics…

— Murray Gell-Mann

I, and all the complex things around me, exist only because many things were assembled in a very precise way. The 'emergent' properties are…

— David Christian

We cannot even predict what kinds of emergent properties would appear when animals begin interacting as part of a brain-net. In theory, you could…

— Miguel Nicolelis

Resilience, timing, adaptation - these are the three pillars upon which the emergent properties of interacting systems rest. When the systems are the economy…

— John L. Casti

None of the individual metal hunks of an airplane have the property of flight, but when they are attached together in the right way,…

— David Eagleman

“Indeed, we humans bear witness to the process of evolution in the very composition of our bodies. The calcium that gives solidity to our…

— Steven J. Dick

“The key shortcoming of the multiverse theory, however, is that it appeals to something outside the universe, namely, a vast ensemble of other universes…

— Steven J. Dick

“Without knowing the full extent of the past, we have no idea whether the events we can see are typical of larger patterns or…

— Steven J. Dick

“Yes, we humans are more than merely biological creatures. We appreciate beauty, we struggle with ethical conflicts, and we strive to make sense of…

— Steven J. Dick

“All living species “adapt.” Indeed, “adaptation” is a distinctive emergent property of life in general. Adaptation means that, over time, the average features of…

— Steven J. Dick