Biology Quote by Fritjof Capra

The creativity and adaptability of life expresses itself through the spontaneous emergence of novelty at critical points of instability. Every human organization contains both…

— Fritjof Capra

The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops. Emergence results…

— Fritjof Capra

“The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops.”

— Fritjof Capra

“diverse, connected, interdependent entities whose behavior is determined by rules, which may adapt, but need not. The interactions of these entities often produce phenomena…

— Scott E. Page

“Emergence: A phenomenon where an interaction among objects at one level generates new types of objects at another level. The emergent characteristic requires a…

— Rich Jolly

We need merely understand that the evolutionary process is neither random nor determined but creative. It follows the general pattern of all creativity. While…

— Thomas Berry

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

— Eric Hoffer

...the emergent capabilities bursting forth from the revolutionary advances in the life sciences are about to make us the principal agent of evolution.

— Al Gore

“Emergent properties can seem magical because they do not seem to arise from the component parts of a structure. [...] Thought [...] seems to…

— Steven J. Dick

For the emergent process, as noted by the geneticist Theodore Dobzhansky, is neither random nor determined but creative. Just as in human order, creativity…

— Thomas Berry

Thr principle of organization is built into nature. Chaos itself is self-organizing. Out of primordial disorder, stars find their orbit; rivers make their way…

— Steven Pressfield

The creative process requires chaos before form emerges.

— Marilyn Ferguson