Skip to content

Biology Quote by Rich Jolly

Download Open image

““Evolution is antifragile! While individuals in the population are fragile, the population as a whole is antifragile.””

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (5 ratings)

Biology

More by Rich Jolly

“The idea of antifragility, for which evolution is the most important example, gives us tremendous guidance: o Seek out low-cost options in your business…

Image

“In the early phases, the structure exhibits exponential growth. This identifies the reinforcing loop. However, the balancing loop is effectively dormant. It's only later…

Image

“In real life situations, there are often many feedback loops present, with perhaps several dormant feedback loops lying in wait.”

Image

“In system dynamic simulation, this data set is referred to as the reference behavior pattern (RBP).”

Image

“The negative effects of virtuous turned vicious loops is an extremely important lesson to keep in mind.”

Image

“7. Remember It’s Only a Model—Always remember George Box's excellent advice, “All models are wrong, but some are useful.” The feedback and delays you…

Image

“The scientific method asserts that one cannot prove a hypothesis, only disprove it. Seeing more white swans may strengthen the hypothesis, but seeing a…

Image

“Surowiecki outlined four conditions that characterized wise crowds: 1. Diversity of opinion 2. Independence 3. Decentralization 4. An aggregation mechanism”

Image

“Generally, the modeler should look for natural boundaries of the system to capture the most important and impactful structure.”

Image

“Complexity can be categorized into two types: combinatorial and dynamic.”

Image

“if your business ecosystem seems stable, don't be lulled into a potentially false sense of security. Big changes can happen very quickly. Don't confuse…

Image

“Google has studied this with their prediction markets and found evidence for better information flow for employees who were physically closer together (Cowgill et…

Image

Explore all 61 Rich Jolly quotes

More Biology quotes

In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end.

Image

“Genetics is a science full of gods, Mr. Sanchez.”

Valeria Luiselli

Image

We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've done all…

Image

Evolution happens in jumps, very rapidly.

Marilyn Ferguson

Image

“Toshiaki learned that all living organisms were governed by their DNA. He was impressed by perfection of this system.Why did existence have the ability…

Image

I'm all about evolution. I'm the first person to judge myself.

Image

We are somehow the children of the planet, we are somehow its finest hour; we bind time, we bind the past, we anticipate the…

Terence McKenna

Image

I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me.

Roger Spottiswoode

Image

Biochemists and biologists who adhere blindly to the Darwinism theory search for results that will be in agreement with their theories and consequently orient…

Pierre-Paul Grasse

Image

“A note of caution: epigenetics is also on the verge of transforming into a dangerous idea. Epigenetic modifications of genes can potentially superpose historical…

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Image

Natural history is not taught in seminary. This is curious, as most people in pastoral ministry are about 567 times more likely to be…

Image

We are coming to a place where the road ends. From here on out, we will be making the road as we walk it,…

Image

Browse all 3,033 Biology quotes