> This "era of systems, institutions, mechanisms and statistical averages" is doomed to failure because "there is too much to know" and it cannot "be fully grasped." While back posted something called 'CHOICES' that was basically addressing the same issue based on the same precise critique. > Stuart Kauffman I like the whole Santa Fe gang. (I did see a recent research paper that did challenge some of the findings -- they couldn't reproduce it -- see if I can dig it up.) Kauffman, on the other hand (in my opinion), has already earned a fairly exalted place in history of human thought by 'The Origin of Order' [1]. A very substantial thinker that is not yet fully appreciated. That work is imo possibly a step below Principia (although Wolfram [3] may not agree!). [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Order-Self-Organization-Select...