Emergent phenomena 🌌
In this episode, Mattimore explores a concept that’s many believe to be the single greatest mystery in our universe - emergence - the phenomenon that describes how order arises from chaos, how intelligence arises from stupidity, and how higher level beings emerge from lower level beings…
Examples of emergence:
- Cells in your body emerging as you
- Emergent behavior in ant colonies
- Fireflies lighting in unison
- Emergence in human societies
- Emergent page rankings by Google Rank Brain
- Wisdom of the crowd spookiness
- Quantum uncertainty and entanglement
Questions about emergence:
- How do we make sense of emergence?
- What does emergence tell us about the nature of Earth?
- What does emergence tell us about the nature of consciousness?
- Emergence as described in Andy Weir’s short story, “The Egg.”
- The parable of the woman with the leaky bucket
Future Scenarios:
- Worst Case Scenario
- Best Case Scenario
- Most Likely Scenario
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