A Conversation for Complexity Theory

Candidate Laws of Complexity

Post 1

Mark Rest

If you consider evolution then the organism that uses the least energy to survive will prevail. Could this be expanded to say:

The nth differential of energy with respect to time tends to zero.

For n=1 this is saying solutions that do less work will prevail. For n=2 this is saying that less powerful solutions will prevail.

I do not rule out powerful solutions as sometimes being the best way to a longer term low energy state.


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