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Many years ago I took (oddly) a physics class called (iirc) "Self Organisation" while doing a year abroad in Germany. Despite being a quite small class, it real
by is0tope 4y ago
Many years ago I took (oddly) a physics class called (iirc) "Self Organisation" while doing a year abroad in Germany. Despite being a quite small class, it really inspired me from the perspective of self organizing systems.
I find structures like conways game of life, or slime mold or sand dunes to be fascinating for this reason. That from unit simplicity can emerge aggregate complexity, imitating facets of nature.
- klabb3 4y agoThis stuff is fascinating, but also very humbling. Conway, fractals etc is truly a testament to how few and simple ingredients can create structures that are virtually impossible to analyze and predict without running the simulation. It speaks volumes about our limitations.