[FRIAM] When is something complex

[Nicholas Thompson]

Alfredo,  

Good question.  In fact, the question of the day, for the Hayes talk.  

Mysterious non linear effects in Hayes data leading to the conclusion good
hearted efforts in one direction lead to the opposite result.  

I guess "mysterious non-linearity" is a good clue that the phenomenon is
complex. 

Nick .  

  



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> Hi
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> Of course it?s impossible to me to know details of the speeches you 
> usually have. In the distance I suppose that the first purpose of each 
> one of these speeches is to know and evaluate a broad type of cases 
> where complexity is used to understand phenomena. I wonder what makes 
> some phenomena suitable to be studied with a "complex" approach. What 
> must somebody take in consideration to decide that is studying a complex 
> phenomena?
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> Regards,
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> Alfredo CV
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