Karl Popper - Natural Selection and the Emergence of Mind

Karl Popper - Natural Selection and the Emergence of Mind

Capitalism Versus Science | In Defence of Marxism

Capitalism Versus Science | In Defence of Marxism The governments of the world clearly recognize this as a problem; every time they are met with a serious crisis, they throw their free-market ideals out the window and turn to the public sector. It has been argued many times that World War Two was won by nationalization and planning. Capitalism in Britain was essentially put on hold, so that the war effort could be effectively organized. In the United States, such large scale nationalization did not take place, but when it came to research and development, the private sector was not trusted to handle it on their own.

Chaos, Science and Marxism | In Defence of Marxism

Chaos, Science and Marxism | In Defence of Marxism
The tendency to self-organisation in nature is only the basis for consciousness, which can reach perfection only in a liberated, socialist society, conscious of all of society’s needs.

Evolution of human 'super-brain' tied to development of bipedalism, tool-making | Spero News

Evolution of human 'super-brain' tied to development of bipedalism, tool-making | Spero News: "While the concept of a human super-brain is analogous to social insects like bees and ants that collectively behave as a super-organism by gathering, processing and sharing information about their environment, there is one important difference, Hoffecker said. 'Human societies are not super-organisms -- they are composed of people who are for the most part unrelated, and societies filled with competing individuals and families.'"

"The emergence of new technologies is a complex, multi-dimensional process shaped by the strategies of different actors, a variety of institutional structures and developments in a broader context. Due to a high degree of interrelations, e.g. between political, societal and technological developments, socio-technical systems emerge in a non-linear fashion."

From System Complexity to Emergent Properties, 1st Edition | GUIDE BOOK

From System Complexity to Emergent Properties, 1st Edition | GUIDE BOOK: "Emergence and complexity refer to the appearance of higher-level properties and behaviours of a system that obviously comes from the collective dynamics of that system's components. These properties are not directly deducible from the lower-level motion of that system. Emergent properties are properties of the 'whole' that are not possessed by any of the individual parts making up that whole. Such phenomena exist in various domains and can be described, using complexity concepts and thematic knowledges."

Managing complex adaptive systems

Managing complex adaptive systems: "According to Sholom Glouberman and Brenda Zimmerman systems can be understood as being simple, complicated, complex. Simple problems, such as following a recipe or protocol, may encompass some basic issues of technique and terminology, but once these are mastered, following the 'recipe' carries with it a very high assurance of success. Complicated problems, like sending a rocket to the moon, are different. Their complicated nature is often related not only to the scale of a problem (cf. simple systems), but also to issues of coordination or specialised expertise. However, rockets are similar to each other and because of this following one success there can be a relatively high degree of certainty of outcome repetition. In contrast complex systems are based on relationships, and their properties of self-organisation, interconnectedness and evolution."