Chaos theory and fourcultures

More on Chaos theory, evolution and fourcultures. Meika recently posted a piece about brain research, bias and chaos theory. And DK asked: How does chaos complicate or enrich evolutionary theory in biology? How does the nonlinearity that chaos features interact with mutation/drift/natural selection? Is there a canonical text (or at least something authoritative & comprehensive) … Continue reading Chaos theory and fourcultures

Bias, learning to walk at the edge of Chaos

This is a guest post by Meika, for which, many thanks. Cambridge-based researchers recently published a study providing experimental data which supports the idea that the human brain lives "on the edge of chaos". Its press release ends: According to [co-author] Kitzbichler, this new evidence is only a starting point. "A natural next question we plan … Continue reading Bias, learning to walk at the edge of Chaos