What is a complex system? | Karoline Wiesner & James Ladyman | TEDxUniversityofBristol

Beehives and the human brain. Two very different systems with one thing in common: coordination and order within them do not require an overall controller. Complexity scientists Dr Karoline Wiesner and Prof James Ladyman investigate why this is the case.
Karoline Wiesner is Assistant Professor in complexity sciences in the School of Mathematics at the University of Bristol. Her research focus is on Shannon’s mathematical theory of communication applied to complex systems. Application areas include proteins, glass formers, and stem cells. She also study the mathematical and philosophical foundations of complex systems.
James Ladyman is Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the University of Bristol and Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of York. He has worked extensively in scientific realism, constructive empiricism and structural realism. In 1998 he made the the distinction between epistemic and ontic forms of structural realism and has defended the latter since. Professor Ladyman was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Philosophy and Ethics in 2005 was awarded the American Library Association’s Outstanding Academic Text Award. He has been the editor of the The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science and Honorary Secretary of The British Society for the Philosophy of Science. He is the author of Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized, Understanding the Philosophy of Science and Arguing About Science.
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[@ChongFrisbee]

To whom it may interest, we speak portuguese in São Paulo. Mostly, anyways.

[@disouzam_bh]

Hehehe.

[@depaolibio]

Too complex for intercontinental cultures to capture that apparently...

[@ruihmartins]

Spanish - really? Wow - that means we can say - The Scotts are English - see how that goes down :-)

[@gladissemensato2061]

Hahaha, mas a palestra foi bacana!

[@henriquelessa1497]

@@gladissemensato2061 Mas ele mandou mal demais em não saber que no Brasil falamos português, minha nossa.

[@luquitascapivara2997]

To watch the entire lesson with attention and respect and in the final point listen that São Paulo speak Spanish, unbelievable.

[@LarissaStatsenko]

Thank you this is a great summary

[@ruiwang274]

People speak Portuguese in Sao Paulo, BTW.

[@MssBel]

In São Paulo we speak Portuguese, not Spanish, as we are in Brazil, colonize by Portugal.

[@laraditzel]

13:20 "it doesn't matter what language they're speaking"

[@manuelmartinelandong253]

Thank you for this video. Regards from Ciudad de la Paz (Djibloho), Equatorial Guinea.

[@visamap]

Thank u all

[@andrel.a.cbittencourt5835]

When the guy said people in Sao Palo speaks Spanish I doubted his entire TEDx lol.

[@luzdelledazul]

Hello! What a interesting tompic. I have a few questions ... I am sorry. What does it mean "great number of interactions"???? I mean how many of interactions is GREAT. Beside, are the "number of interactions" the point of Complexity??? Or would be the "number of elements" in interaction???? Thanks!!

[@AndreaIdini]

Depends on the system, how many elements it has and how they are coupled. For non linear coupling of 3 interactions between 3 elements are enough.

[@mariachiingles2348]

Research for years about complex systems and work hard to explain difficult topics in a simple way, so that everyone can comment on your error about Sao Paulo and Spanish :)

[@lucaslopesf]

13:14 Portuguese*

[@STXHC]

Man I have a crush on Karoline

[@jucaldera]

In Brazil we speak portuguese :)

[@ruseriousdownunder4888]

Juliana Calderon $

[@miquelbarcelo318]

Some people in Brazil speak portuñol ;)

[@abiliobatista7095]

thought that the man was a statue

[@JhonyUrielOficial]

Puta merda, a visão sistêmica real é muito necessária. Está presente em exatamente tudo o que vivenciamos e conhecemos, quer merdaaaa! Obs.: ótima palestra. Hihihiiiii

[@patriceclark7763]

Who's here because of Scrum Certification?

[@joaopedrogonzalez6048]

people speak Portuguese in Brazil not Spanish

[@artursoaresdasilva]

Next time learn something about Brazil, where they speak Portuguese

[@casper8631]

i feel like bees are way smarter than us

[@FujihiroCZ]

That woman is so unsympathetic

[@poppyhimbo]

do not be blinded by science. Man is always trying to quantify the complex system that God has created. The folly and foolishness of man to think that this perfect system just happened by chance is unreal. Pride comes before the fall.

[@hanskraut2018]

Obvious knew since a long time but nice visualisaiton, i also like the visualisation of the internet (GPT4 sent me here, by video recommendations based on the goal to educate/help me grow as a person by dominoeffect/butterfyeffect/indirect stuff/exponential stuff).