Is the universe built following unchanging laws?
Or does the universe make itself as it goes?
How could we possibly answer such question?
Classical science rests on eternal and universal laws.
The new science of complexity, however, accepts change.
The manifestation of such change is the phenomenon of emergence.

Emergence happens when a new, dynamically stable form
comes into being unpredictably.
The phenomenon of emergence happens
in a region between total chaos and absolute order
in a space of play
where things can come together without preconceptions
so that unexpected arrangements
can come about by themselves

Play is an engine of emergence
To what extent is life an emergent phenomenon?
To what degree are we emergent beings?
These are fascinating open questions.
They do not need to be answered. Pondering them is enough

Openings (most recent entries appear first)

The Santa Fe Institute is a research and education center, founded in 1984, devoted to exploring the phenomenon of emergence in a multidisciplinary way.

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