VII. Hierarchy Theory Literature

VII. Hierarchy Theory Literature

The aim of the preceding sections was to introduce for the general reader the concept of hierarchical thinking – to raise awareness of how both the observer and the observed contribute in perception, not unlike how the fishing net and the water contents interact to determine what kind of fish is captured. 

VI. Clockwork Simulations

VI. Clockwork Simulations

The unreasonable ubiquity of hierarchies should be suspect. Is the fact that you need a B to get from A to C – the fact that any accomplishment stands on the shoulders of giants – so trivial and arbitrary so as to be practically worthless?

IV. Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen and "Complicity"

IV. Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen and "Complicity"

We concluded last section by linking Simon’s watchmaker parable to Holland’s multiplier effect to show that reproduction’s inevitable incorporation of error creates an innate bias to increase complexity.