Condensed concepts

Two years ago, I wrote a post about a paper by Wei et al,  Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models Then last year, I posted about a pap...

A nice preprint illustrates how emergence is central to some of the biggest questions in economics and finance. Emergent phenomena occur as ...

Emergence means different things to different people. Except, that practically everyone likes it! Or at least, likes using the word. Terms a...

Best wishes for the New Year! One thing I hope to achieve this year is an actual understanding of things "Bayesian". I am particul...

What do we mean when we say something in science is fundamental? When is an entity or a theory more fundamental or less fundamental than som...

The world is a mess. Most people want a better world. Sometimes nothing changes. Sometimes things change incredibly rapidly. Sometimes chang...

Condensed matter physics and sociology are both about emergence. Phenomena in sociology that are intellectually fascinating and important fo...

World news is full of dramatic and unexpected events in politics and economics, from stock market crashes to the rapid rise of extreme polit...