Quotes about Complexity

Most laws of nature exist as part of a larger, interconnected system of laws.

It means the universe itself, in all its mind-boggling vastness and complexity, could simply have popped into existence without violating the known laws of nature.

Do the laws governing the universe allow us to predict exactly what is going to happen to us in the future? The short answer is no, and yes. In principle, the laws allow us to predict the future. But in practice the calculations are often too difficult.

It is a matter of common experience that things get more disordered and chaotic with time.

If Ediacara survivors had been able to evolve internal complexity later on, then the pathways from this radically different starting point would have produced a world worthy of science fiction at its best.

There are beauties that are more palpable and explicable, and there are hidden and secret beauties… These hidden beauties are commonly by far the greatest, because the more complex a beauty is, the more hidden it is.

When I look at the human brain I'm still in awe of it.

I needed to let go of the idea of a God who was mad at me for feeling how I was feeling. Now, I bask in an understanding of the divine that delights in truth and the complexities of the human experience - even when it's not very 'clean.'

I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings.

I want ordinary corrupt human love

She loved him whatever that meant but love was not an eternal thing like hatred and disgust.

She loved him whatever that meant but love was not an eternal