Emergence is a real and powerful force, though it is fundamentally invisible.

· Bits and Bobs 8/25/25
  • Emergence is a real and powerful force, though it is fundamentally invisible.
    • Paper: If you can get a better prediction of the collective by seeing it as whole, then there's something emergent happening.
    • A fascinating paper: "An ability to respond begins with inner alignment: How phase synchronisation effects transitions to higher levels of agency"
    • For emergence to be mainstream, you can't say "give up reductionism".
    • Reductionism is clearly useful!
    • It has to be instead "the parts are still there" and also you can view it in this way.