Tag: Herbert Simon

• Further thoughts on “The Architecture of Complexity”

  In his 1962 paper “The Architecture of Complexity”, Herbert Simon writes that social systems often are what he describes as “near decomposable” – by which he means (the next few are my words, not his) that paths through social hierarchies are narrow: This is most obvious in formal organizations, where the formal authority relation connects […]

  Adrian McMenamin

  February 15, 2013

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  Arab Spring, Architecture of Complexity, Clay Shirky, Herbert Simon, Hierarchy, Social media

• Watchmakers for evolution

  The sheer complexity of natural organisms is often cited as a “scientific” reason why evolution must be false – as here for instance (though when this fallacy of the argument is pointed out the poster resorts to attacking people for being ‘ungodly’, therefore giving the game away) – it is simply too much to expect […]

  Adrian McMenamin

  February 14, 2013

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  complexity, creationism, Evolution, Herbert Simon, natural selection