Emergent Quotes

34 quotes by 31 authors

We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not ruled by a moral force… — PZ Myers
[With Photosynth,] all of those photos become linked together, and they make something emergent that's greater than the sum of the parts. — Blaise Aguera y Arcas
When carbon (C), Oxygen (o) and hydrogen (H) atoms bond in a certain way to form sugar, the resulting compound has a sweet taste. The… — Fritjof Capra
Consciousness is an emergent, contingent, and impermanent phenomenon. It has no magical capacity to break free from the field of events out of which it… — Stephen Batchelor
Emergent properties result from interactions between individual parts, so it follows that a top down analytical approach that begins with the whole and dissects it… — Manuel De Landa
The military profession, especially is the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well under stress. Professional… — Gwynne Dyer
Every system tries to get people to conform to support that system. That goes for communism, socialism, free enterprise, or any other civilization. If they… — Jacque Fresco
Absolute consciousness is manifest here in every circumstance of daily life because it is everywhere full and perfect. Consciousness is said to be the cause… — Abhinavagupta
Education is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon. — Sugata Mitra
For the emergent process, as noted by the geneticist Theodore Dobzhansky, is neither random nor determined but creative. Just as in human order, creativity is… — Thomas Berry
Resilience, timing, adaptation - these are the three pillars upon which the emergent properties of interacting systems rest. When the systems are the economy and… — John L. Casti
The creativity and adaptability of life expresses itself through the spontaneous emergence of novelty at critical points of instability. Every human organization contains both designed… — Fritjof Capra
The concept of an independent spiritual realm does not augment, for me, the magic of the mystical dimension, whereas to think of this dimension as… — Ursula Goodenough
There is an emergent enlightenment appearing today, unique to no particular culture or ethnicity. Anyone who chooses to be, is its conduit. — Marianne Williamson
When a caterpillar spins its cocoon, it goes through a transformative process and then emerges as a butterfly. Similarly, when we go through a practice… — Michael Beckwith
Cancer is the emergent property of the accumulated errors in an ordered system. It's the consequences of random events. — Steven Popkes
Our main source of psychic energy in the future will depend on our ability to understand this symbol of evolution in an acceptable context of… — Thomas Berry
Public agency is emergent, and the ability of the public to literally put any bank or corporation out of business overnight is looming. To paraphrase… — Robert David Steele
Corporations, in the name of efficiency, suppress variation by "getting all the ducks in line."To optimize productivity, they evolve highly refined and internally consistent operating… — Richard Pascale
I don't really do themes. I might accidentally, but themes are an emergent phenomena of the writing of the book, of just trying to get… — Iain Banks

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