The world as we perceive it is neither fully disorganized (Figure 1), beyond our ability to identify any overall pattern in it, nor fully organized, describable by us in terms of some single simple pattern (Figure 2). Instead, we are faced with, and find ourselves trying to make sense of, a world that most typically shows mixes of pattern and disorganization at different scales (Figures 3, 4, 5).

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Deterministic and Non-deterministic Emergence

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Deterministic and Non-deterministic Emergence

Setup

Click on setup single cell to begin with a single cell in the middle on; setup random picks a random set of cells to begin as on, the number of which is determined by the density slider.