[FRIAM] The quintessence of complexity thinking

[Marcus G. Daniels]

Ken Lloyd wrote:
> Specifically, if an ANN can recognize a coupling pattern in a network that
> gives rise to synergistic behavior which is congruent with similar coupling
> patterns in other networks - it has abstracted a new patterned, second-order
> rule (meta-rule).
>   
Sure, one could imagine using an ABM to study when meta-rules increase 
synergistic interactions vs. the kinds of situations where dropping them 
into a population only disrupts an evolved ecology.  The answer is 
probably of the form `it depends'.   An example that comes to mind was 
the damage done by bringing western agricultural practices to Bali..  
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8186.html