There is a growing recognition that the death penalty simply can't work. It's a complex system that arbitrarily selects defendants for death… — Robert Cecil Martin Copy Share Image
A cell of a higher organism contains a thousand different substances, arranged in a complex system. This great organized system was not… — Herbert Spencer Jennings Copy Share Image
My mitochondria comprise a very large proportion of me. I cannot do the calculation, but I suppose there is almost as much… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
The people working in my field also are quite skeptical of our ability to do this. It ultimately boils down to the… — Matt Blaze Copy Share Image
The primary consequence of the computational nature of the universe is that the universe naturally generates complex systems, such as life. Although… — Seth Lloyd Copy Share Image
The internet is the most complex system that humans have ever invented. And with every internet enabled operation that we've seen so… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The belief that complex systems require armies of designers and programmers is wrong. A system that is not understood in its entirety,… — Niklaus Wirth Copy Share Image
Today we understand that reality corresponds to a model - or, even better, the sum of various models - which in science… — Agustin Fernandez Mallo Copy Share Image
As we build systems that are more and more complex, we make more and more subtle but very high-impact mistakes. As we… — Matt Blaze Copy Share Image
“importance, essence, and averaging. The importance of diversity in complex systems is the central theme of this book. Why does diversity matter?… — Scott E. Page Copy Share Image
“all these complex systems have somehow acquired the ability to bring order and chaos into a special kind of balance. This balance… — M. Mitchell Waldrop Copy Share Image
What seems interesting to me is to reproduce in the figurative representation of an object the whole complex system of impressions we… — Jean Dubuffet Copy Share Image
If there is no fate and our interactions depend on such a complex system of chance encounters, what potentially important connections do… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
“In order for us to live within this finely balanced constellation of complex systems, in order for the Earth to show resilience… — Robert David Steele Copy Share Image
