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CONJECTURE. “There should be quantum vacuum fluctuations of spacetime itself, if we accept that the basic quantum principles we are already familiar with apply as well to a quantum theory of gravity.” https://lnkd.in/eQiUdtDc View in LinkedIn

INFORMATION CORE. “Quantum fluctuations of physical observables, which commonly arise from quantum nature of the system, play a crucial role because they give out information about phase transitions, and large scale structure formation as well as phenomena which are dissipative in nature.” https://lnkd.in/eMV6hEup View in LinkedIn

Chicasaw Plum with gorgeous fresh anther pollen that has neither blown away nor been clumped by moisture. That moment of perfection before the start of an improbable journey. View in LinkedIn

MATERIAL DRIVEN. “As in Nature, when creation begins with matter, morphogenesis, or the generation of form, is a process engendered by the physical forces of Nature. Similarly, in the framework of this essay, Material is not considered a subordinate attribute of form, but rather its progenitor.” (The remarkable Professor Neri Oxman, MIT Media Lab). https://lnkd.in/ezq26y33 View in LinkedIn

SO ENDS this second weekend on the phenomenon of emergence. “The central task of theoretical physics in our time is no longer to write down the ultimate equations, but rather to catalogue and understand emergent behavior in its many guises, including potentially life itself. We call this physics of the next [21st] century the study of complex adaptive matter.” (David Pines, Santa Fe Institute). https://medium.com/sfi-30-foundations-frontiers/emergence-a-unifying-theme-for-21st-century-science-4324ac0f951e#:~:text=Examples%20of%20emergent%20behavior%20are,and%20planets%2C%20the%20evolution%20of View in LinkedIn

ABOMINABLE MYSTERY. “Although strong emergence is logically possible, it is uncomfortably like magic. Such causal powers would be quite unlike anything within our scientific ken. This not only indicates how they will discomfort reasonable forms of materialism. Their mysteriousness will only heighten the traditional worry that emergence entails illegitimately getting something from nothing.” (Mark A. Bedau). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence View in LinkedIn

SPIRITUAL VIEWS. “In religion, emergence grounds expressions of religious naturalism and syntheism in which a sense of the sacred is perceived in the workings of entirely naturalistic processes by which more complex forms arise or evolve from simpler forms.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence View in LinkedIn

COMPLEX SYSTEMS. “One reason emergent behaviour is hard to predict is that the number of interactions between a system's components increases exponentially with the number of components, thus allowing for many new and subtle types of behaviour to emerge. Emergence is often a product of particular patterns of interaction. Negative feedback introduces constraints that serve to fix structures or behaviours. In contrast, positive feedback promotes change, allowing local variations to grow into global patterns.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence View in LinkedIn

UNIVERSAL NOISE. “In the quantum sense, one environment that no physical system can be isolated from is the vacuum that fluctuates all the time.” https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6433-5.pdf View in LinkedIn

COMMON EXAMPLES. “The complex behaviour or properties are not a property of any single such entity, nor can they easily be predicted or deduced from behaviour in the lower-level entities. The shape and behaviour of a flock of birds or school of fish are good examples of emergent properties.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence View in LinkedIn