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Ioli Plastira Media studies MSc1 Hyperbody
As long as energy flows, space is an active field of interaction between information points, creating complex systems and nonlinear phenomena, through phase transition.
In a very real sense, reality is a single matter-energy undergoing phase transitions of various kinds, with each new layer of accumulated ‘‘stuff’’ simply enriching the reservoir of nonlinear dynamics and nonlinear combinatorics available for the generation of novel structures and processes. Manuel deLanda, “A thousand years of nonlinear history”
And the theory of evolution had already shown that animals and plants were not embodiments of eternal essences, but piecemeal historical construction, slow accumulations of adaptive traits cemented together via reproductive isolation. Manuel deLanda, “A thousand years of nonlinear history�
Any entity that can copy itself (immitation) can evolve. But what is needed is variation. Without variation, difference and randomness, there is no evolution. Manuel deLanda, quote from lecture “Future tech�
When a system switches from one stable state to another (at a critical point called a bifurcation), minor fluctuations may play a crucial role in deciding the outcome. Manuel deLanda, “A thousand years of nonlinear history�
Generally speaking, the significance of the indirect results may very often be of more importance than the significance of direct ones. P. D. Ouspensky, “Tertium Organum�