Learning Beyond the Paradigm LO4250

Gray Southon (gsouthon@ozemail.com.au)
Fri, 15 Dec 1995 21:28:30 +1100 (EST)

Replying to LO4228 --

At 12:20 AM 14/12/95 EST, Rol Fessenden wrote:

>Complexity theory teaches us an important lesson. Future conditions are
>highly sensitive to initial conditions. Subtle differences in initial
>conditions will dramatically change the outcome.
>
>To put that in different words, the reasons why something works or fails
>are very context-sensitive. Rules learned in one context may not, and
>mostly do not, transfer directly without modification. This is the
>foundation of complexity theory.

I am very intersted in complexity theory - can any let me know how to start
reading about it?

Gray Southon

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