Emergence is one of the most powerful forces in the world, but it's fundamentally not concrete, so everyone assumes it doesn't exist.

· Bits and Bobs 7/28/25
  • Emergence is one of the most powerful forces in the world, but it's fundamentally not concrete, so everyone assumes it doesn't exist.
    • Not because it's not important.
    • But because it's hard to see.
    • The streetlight fallacy.
    • Reductionist approaches assume emergence is either unknowable or unimportant, fundamentally.