#complexity

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

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The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity. ↗

— Scott Turow

#complexity #narrative #present #purpose #us

The truly privileged theories are not the ones referring to any particular scale of size or complexity, nor the ones situated at any particular level of the predictive hierarchy, but the ones that contain the deepest explanations. ↗

— David Deutsch

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The complexity of the emotional life of the play is what you live to work on. ↗

— Marsha Mason

#emotional #emotional life #life #live #play

The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity. ↗

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

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We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie. ↗

— Jan de Bont

#beings #complex #complexity #human #human beings

His sudden mad love for Sibyl Vane was a psychological phenomenon of no small interest. There was no doubt that curiosity had much to do with it, curiosity and the desire for new experiences; yet it was not a simple but rather a very complex passion. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#curiosity #desire #life #love #passion

Simplicities are enormously complex. Consider the sentence "I love you". ↗

— Richard O. Moore

#love #silence #simplicity #love