COMPLEXITY
VS COMPLICATION
nVon NEUMAN THOUGHT THAT A CRITICAL LEVEL OF “SYSTEM SIZE” WOULD “TRIGGER” THE ONSET OF “COMPLEXITY” (REALLY COMPLICATION)
nCOMPLEXITY IS MORE A
FUNCTION OF SYSTEM QUALITIES
RATHER THAN SIZE
nCOMPLEXITY RESULTS FROM BIFURCATIONS -NOT IN THE DYNAMICS, BUT IN
THE DESCRIPTION!
nTHUS COMPLEX SYSTEMS REQUIRE THAT THEY BE ENCODED INTO MORE THAN ONE FORMAL SYSTEM IN ORDER TO BE MORE COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD