A collection of interactive explorable explanations of complex systems in biology, physics, mathematics, social sciences, epidemiology, ecology and other fields.
A collection of interactive explorable explanations of complex systems in biology, physics, mathematics, social sciences, epidemiology, ecology and other fields.
China moves to phase out single-use plastics (reuters)
China is stepping up restrictions on the production, sale and use of single-use plastic products, the state planner said on Sunday, as it seeks to tackle one of the country’s biggest environmental problems. The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, which issued the new policy, said plastic bags will be banned in all of China’s major cities by the end of 2020 and banned in all cities and towns in 2022. Markets selling fresh produce will be exempt from the ban until 2025. By end of 2020, the restaurant industry will be banned from using single-use straws. By 2025, towns and cities across China must reduce the consumption of single-use plastic items in the restaurant industry by 30%.
China starts 10-year fishing ban on Yangtze River (xinhuanet)
Starting from this year, the ban will be observed in 332 conservation areas in the Yangtze River basin, which will also be expanded to all natural waterways of the river and its major tributaries from no later than Jan. 1, 2021. Fishing will also be prohibited on natural waterways of large lakes connected to the Yangtze such as the Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake for 10 years starting from no later than Jan. 1, 2021.
Chinese authorities confirm human-to-human transmission of new coronavirus (TASS)
Human-to-human link to some cases of new China virus, Sars expert says (SCMP)
China warns Communist Party officials: cover up spread of Wuhan virus and be ‘nailed on pillar of shame for eternity’ (SCMP)
Priority now to stop emergence of ‘super-spreader’, with one carrier already infecting more than a dozen medical staff, specialist says. Authorities in Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus outbreak, report a fourth death and 15 infections among hospital staff.
"We should brace for the collapse of the existing world order. It will be very painful." - Herman Gref, Sberbank president and CEO on de-dollarization, SWIFT & more.
Intuitionism in the Philosophy of Mathematics
Intuitionism is a philosophy of mathematics that was introduced by the Dutch mathematician L.E.J. Brouwer (1881–1966). Intuitionism is based on the idea that mathematics is a creation of the mind. The truth of a mathematical statement can only be conceived via a mental construction that proves it to be true, and the communication between mathematicians only serves as a means to create the same mental process in different minds.
About the Future of Engineering - by Hans Konstapel (2020)
About Entrainment - by Hans Konstapel (2010)
#Complexity #Systems #Science #Generative #Regenerative #Philosophy
Emergent Design - Explorations in Systems Phenomenology in Relation to Ontology, Hermeneutics and the Meta-dialectics of Design - by Kent Duane Palmer (2009) (PDF)
Synopsis: A Phenomenological Analysis of Emergent Design is performed based on the foundations of General Schemas Theory. The concept of Sign Engineering is explored in terms of Hermeneutics, Dialectics, and Ontology in order to define Emergent Systems and Meta-systems Engineering based on the concept of Meta-dialectics.
#Art by Walter Russell (1871 - 1963) (via)
Podcast: Introduction to Systems Processes with Len Troncale (2011) (Download / Alt)
This is an interview concerning the Systems Science approach of Len Toncale, an American biologist, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Biology, and former Director of the Institute for Advanced Systems Studies at the California State Polytechnic University. The interviewer believes that this is the closest thing to a Systems Knowledge base that could be the basis of a Systems Engineering curriculum.
Related: Troncale's site features & links to many open-access papers, such as "Systems Processes and Pathologies: Creating An Integrated Framework for Systems Science" (2013)
Related: Setting Off To Nowhere - Search For A Deeper Theory Of Everything - by K.D. Palmer, dedicated to Len Troncale and inspired by this podcast.
Comedy of the day: Lockheed Martin Will Replace F-35’s Faulty Computer System With Cloud-Based Programs. Between the F-35 & Boeing's 737 MAX, the US is leader in comedy.
Nano antennas for data transfer (2020, University of Würzburg)
For the first time, physicists have successfully converted electrical signals into photons and radiated them in specific directions using a low-footprint optical antenna that is only 800 nanometers in size.
“Learning preserves the errors of the past as well as its wisdom.” - A.N.Whitehead
“It isn’t what we don’t know that gets us into trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.” - Will Rogers
“Every man takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.” - Arthur Schopenhauer
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” - William James
“Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time.” - Norman Ford
“The infinite works of nature, are woven together in a unity filled with marvelous patterns.” - Leonardo Da Vinci
Siyavash faces Afrasiyab across the Jihun River, from a Shahnama manuscript (ca. 1425)
"In ecological ABM (often referred to as "individual-based models" in ecology), agents may, for example, be trees in forest, and would not be considered intelligent, although they may be "purposeful" in the sense of optimizing access to a resource (such as water). The modeling process is best described as inductive. The modeler makes those assumptions thought most relevant to the situation at hand and then watches phenomena emerge from the agents' interactions. Sometimes that result is an equilibrium. Sometimes it is an emergent pattern. Sometimes, however, it is an unintelligible mangle."
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The rise and the rainfall of the Roman empire (The Economist)
Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing (Nature, 2019) - by Mathew P. White, Ian Alcock, et.al.