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TAKE IT APART AND SEE ONE THING,<\/p>\n
PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND SEE SOMETHING ENTIRELY<\/p>\n
DIFFERENT.<\/p>\n
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This is an adventure story aimed at discovering how biology plays its game.<\/p>\n
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Theory structure is essential to a science because it determines what we can see and do.<\/p>\n
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Reductionist theory takes things apart.\u00a0 It keeps the parts, but discards the connections – it prefers simplicity.<\/p>\n
Complexity theory puts things back together.\u00a0 It keeps both the parts and the connections – it prefers reality.
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Our story plays one theory against the other.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, the outcome of the game is likely to please everyone.\u00a0 To win, both theory structures must win.<\/p>\n
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If biology is a complexity made up of parts and connections but we elect to study just the parts, then we reduce the information content of our data by at least 50%.<\/p>\n
The point in playing the game is to win back the missing 50%.
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