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Is the whole more, or less than the sum of its parts?

Posted on February 1, 2019June 8, 2019 by Bram van Dijk

If you have ever heard about emergence, you have likely come across the phrase “the whole is more than the sum of its parts”. The idea is simple. If a collection of small parts give rise to something with more complex traits, the system does more than one could have Continue Reading

Posted In biological modelingTagged In cellular automata, emergence, mesoscale patterns

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