With its billions of interconnected neurons, whose interactions change from millisecond to millisecond, the human brain is an archetypal complex system.
The brain does not create consciousness, but conciousness created the brain, the most complex physical form on earth, for its expression.
A rough rule in life is that an organization foolish in one way in dealing with a complex system is all too likely to be foolish in another.
There are many unidentified bands in the spectra of stars. Wide bands are produced by some complex molecules in the interstellar space.
Writing a long essay is probably the most complex constructive act that most human beings areever expected to perform.
It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
An 'Ordinary Woman' is the beautiful and achingly poignant portrait of Gwen, a complex and troubled woman in her middle years.
With women, there's a basic female instinct of caring deeply about the way they look; women stars have a narcissist complex.
Psychiatrist to patient: Maybe you don't have a complex. Maybe you are inferior.
The White Savior Industrial Complex is not about justice. It is about having a big emotional experience that validates privilege.
You are part of a complex social network that changes your biology with every interaction, and which your actions can change.
The very condition of Woman is so subject to Hazard, so complex, and so grievous, that to place her at one moment is but to displace her at the next.
What kind of programmer is so divorced from reality that she thinks she'll get complex software right the first time?
The history of the creative progress of individual artists shows that, along with their spiritual growth and the increasing complexity of their inner life, their forms of expression become more complex.
I'm very complex and complicated. I like a lot, a lot.
I'm all about the supplements. I take fish oil every single day, as well as vitamin D, magnesium, B complex, vitamin C.
I don't like credit cards. They make overspending very easy. They can make life a lot more complex and stressful.
We do not need more division. We certainly do not need something as complex and emotional as Vietnam reduced to simple campaign rhetoric.
As the number of unexplained, irreducibly complex biological systems increases, our confidence that Darwin's criterion of failure has been met skyrockets toward the maximum that science allows.
Unity of plan everywhere lies hidden under the mask: of diversity of structure-the complex is everywhere evolved out of the simple.
A complex society is not necessarily more advanced than a simple one; it has just adapted to conditions in a more complicated way.
If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.
Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.
Our brains are designed to solve some of our most complex problems when we're distracted by routine habits.
The minute you celebrate narcissism, which on one hand is very complex, it's very ridiculous. You have to love oneself with humor.
We are complex, and therefore, in our natural state, inconsistent, beings, and the opinion of this hour need not be the opinion of the next.
In basic research, the use of the electron microscope has revealed to us the complex universe of the cell, the basic unit of life.
We north-easterners are less manipulative and less complex and people living there are much happier than the rest of the country.
Chicago is complicated and complex and very violent but also very rich with history and tradition and art and culture - it's all these things.
'Jekyll and Hyde' I read in high school. I was expecting a Hollywood-type horror story and couldn't believe it when I got this very complex narrative from all these different points of view.
In an increasingly complex world, with courseloads becoming heavier and heavier, shouldn't we be opting for more accountability when it comes to our professors, not less?
Striking isn't just about kicking and punching. It's far more complex than that. It's also about timing and range.
My teaching - of what is perceived to be a complex and foreign sounding religious philosophy - has become the target for people's prejudice and religious intolerance.
I see life as increasingly complex, vivid, colorful, crazy, chaotic. That's the world I write about...the world I live in.
Roles written for women are so much more complex on television. The film world is becoming quite flimsy for women.
I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can't quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that's what the deal is with me.
I'm a little brother. I've always been small. People have said I have a Napoleon complex. But I've always had to fight for everything that I have.
I was a huge fan of this band called Sparks. It was a pretty good inauguration to music, since their music is quite complex.
Protein is key in my opinion. Vegetables are a must. Complex carbohydrates have to be used at the right time. Stay away from processed foods, refined sugars, and fruit juices.
The innovation of our workplace is key to the development of innovative solutions that address the evolving complex challenges of our clients.
The landscape of professional creation continues to get more complex. Organizations and platforms of all sorts are vying for a slice of the value created by the relationship between creators and their audiences.
'Girls' is one of my favorite shows of all time. One of the things I love about Lena Dunham and Jenji Kohan and Shonda Rhimes is that they're all willing to show complex, amazing women.
Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of programmable computers.
The working classes were becoming more and more sharply aware of the complex causes of international malaise.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently
We're phenomenally blessed in the Walla Walla Valley. We have great, complex soil that's nutrient-rich but fairly porous.
I see life as increasingly complex, vivid, colorful, crazy, chaotic. That's the world I write about... the world I live in.
When the world seems large and complex, we need to remember that great world ideals all begin in some home neighborhood.
Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that's because they don't understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments are. It's hard to measure new songs.
People are under the illusion that it's easy...Technically, it is complex. You have a million options with equipment to distract you. I tell my students to simplify their equipment.
One of the oldest secrets of alchemy is that every living thing, from the most complex creatures right down to the simplest leaf, carries the seeds of its creation within itself.
A woman's mind is as complex as the contents of her handbag; even when you get to the bottom of it, there is ALWAYS something at the bottom to surprise you!
I worry about leaders in complex situations who don't have enough experience, who are just going with their intuition and not monitoring it, not thinking about it.
The cosmos is a complex amalgamation of sounds. One of the key sounds through which you can experience the cosmic nature of creation is Shambho.
Well, I probably, I guess first became aware of the whole, what I call the nuclear complex or weapons work those kinds of things, right out of law school.
It's been a great privilege to see how interwoven nations are and how incredibly complex these relationships are. It's so elaborate.
No one infers a god from the simple, from the known, from what is understood, but from the complex, from the unknown, and incomprehensible. Our ignorance is God; what we know is science.
Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
Having the Stitch character, the villain that becomes a hero, coming from outer space, it took a very difficult and complex story and put it into a simpler, kinder time.
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