+1: I guess that complexity cannot be expressed adequately even in a term of computability. ? --Mikhail
> Just two thoughts: 1) it seems that complexity is a more fundamental category than linearity / non-linearity, which are parts of a
> sophisticated ***formal*** system; 2) I assume there are types of complexity (and, therefore, many - I mean really many - types)
> that cannot be expressed in any formal system (beyond linearity / non-linearity). Something like G?del's theorem. ? --Mikhail
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> From: "Nicholas Thompson" <nickthompson at earthlink.net>
> To: <friam at redfish.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] When is something complex
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>> Alfredo,
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>> Good question. In fact, the question of the day, for the Hayes talk.
>>
>> Mysterious non linear effects in Hayes data leading to the conclusion good
>> hearted efforts in one direction lead to the opposite result.
>>
>> I guess "mysterious non-linearity" is a good clue that the phenomenon is
>> complex.
>>
>> Nick .
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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:12:09 -0500
>>> From: Alfredo CV <agbioinfo at gmx.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] **today ** Lecture Wed Sep 12 12:30p: Jim Hayes -
>>> Hedging Complex and Chaotic Private Health Insurance Markets and the
>>> Uninsured
>>> To: stephen.guerin at redfish.com, The Friday Morning Applied Complexity
>>> Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
>>> Message-ID: <46EC1269.7080008 at gmx.net>
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>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Of course it?s impossible to me to know details of the speeches you
>>> usually have. In the distance I suppose that the first purpose of each
>>> one of these speeches is to know and evaluate a broad type of cases
>>> where complexity is used to understand phenomena. I wonder what makes
>>> some phenomena suitable to be studied with a "complex" approach. What
>>> must somebody take in consideration to decide that is studying a complex
>>> phenomena?
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Alfredo CV
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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