Emergence Quotes

“More is different.”

“The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe.”

“Meaning is an emergent property of a complex system.”

“Emergence means complex systems and complexity, to be sure, but it also means that the whole is not only more than but also very different from the sum of its parts.”

“The behavior of a system cannot be known just by knowing the elements of which the system is made.”

“God is the whole universe engaged in process towards the emergence of deity.”

“The dark side of the paradigm of emergence is that it is a license to be stupid.”

“The Age of Emergence has only just begun.”