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These are all highly contestable statements.
W. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium
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Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
Second, the researchers posted this generalized challenge to Topcoder, an online platform for computationally intensive problems. At
Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson • Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future
The first bottom-up attempt to untangle the riddle of design was to search for a profound mathematical truth at the kernel of existence. The second line of attack, multiverse cosmology, also relied on timeless metalaws, but augmented with the anthropic selection of a habitable island universe.
Thomas Hertog • On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
To capture the complex and complicated nature of real economies, we need to thoroughly explore the wilderness of bounded rationality, entering through both gates.
J. Doyne Farmer • Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World
This is the modern form of the ‘problem of induction’.
David Deutsch • The Fabric of Reality
Thus one cannot predict the future of the Sun without taking a position on the future of life on Earth, and in particular on the future of knowledge.
David Deutsch • The Fabric of Reality
Were there no uncertainty, but merely quantifiable risk in patterns of production and consumption, competition would drive all prices to a stable and commoditized equilibrium.