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CONTESTED SUBJECT. “A distinctively controversial topic, research on emergence has been characterised by differing assumptions and positions — explicit and implicit — about its nature and role within science.” https://lnkd.in/eFDvNHBt View in LinkedIn

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BROAD APPLICABILITY. “Emergence is a profound subject that straddles many scientific disciplines, including the formation of galaxies and how consciousness arises from the collective activity of neurons. Despite the broad interest that exists on this concept, the study of emergence has suffered from a lack of formalisms that could be used to guide discussions and advance theories.” https://lnkd.in/eFDvNHBt View in LinkedIn

QED. “Quanta of MDM Obey Infinite Statistics.” (MDM = Modified Dark Matter). https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/11/1035/htm View in LinkedIn

LETTER SOUP. “For this reason, initially we called our dark matter model “MONDian Dark Matter” with which Modified Dark Matter shares the acronym MDM.” https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/11/1035/htm View in LinkedIn

GNARLY. “Thus dark matter (M) of the kind we have in MDM can behave as if there is no (dark) matter but MOND (which denies the existence of dark matter).” (MDM = Modified Dark Matter; MOND = Milgrom’s theory of modified Newtonian dynamics). https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/11/1035/htm View in LinkedIn

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THE ONE REALITY. “The quantum theory of parallel universes is not the problem, it is the solution. It is not some troublesome, optional interpretation emerging from arcane theoretical considerations. It is the explanation, the only one that is tenable, of a remarkable and counter-intuitive reality." (By Professor David Deutsch, FRS, of Oxford University). https://lnkd.in/ePyNfgEh View in LinkedIn

SO ENDS this first of two weekends on the theme of emergence. Emergence is one of the most powerful new ideas in science, as well as one of the most mysterious. It is certain that we are a long way from grasping it fully at a mechanistic level. Thus we are reduced at this point to fully describing its manifestations. https://lnkd.in/eFDvNHBt View in LinkedIn

ROOTS. “Information theory is deeply rooted in probability theory, to the extent that the axiomatic bases of both are formally equivalent. Both approaches, in turn, are illuminated by the seminal work of E.T. Jaynes on the foundations of thermodynamics, which proposes that probability theory can be understood as an extension of Aristotelian logic that applies to scenarios of partial or incomplete knowledge.” https://lnkd.in/eFDvNHBt View in LinkedIn