Biologists believe that simple mathematical theories are usually wrong, because biological systems are multicausal, poorly partitionable — basically, messy. Biological systems do have a beauty, but it is one of complexity and richness, rather than the simple reductionist elegance of physics. | |
— W. Daniel Hillis | |
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2021 | Satisfied If Not Fulfilled |
You Don’t Know | |
Urban Ballroom | |
2020 | R.I.P. Kobe |
2019 | Looks A Lot Like #45 |
2018 | Trying To Stay Young |
2017 | Seems Reasonable To Me |
2016 | We Can Get Through This Together (In Time) |
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2012 | When The Student Is Ready |
Disconnected Leadership | |
2011 | The Complex Richness Of Life |
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The Complex Richness Of Life
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