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Simple Programs Produce Complex Behavior
When you pick a program at random in the computational universe, even a very simple program can produce extremely complicated behavior; this is the essence of how nature generates complexity, and it contradicts the intuition that simple programs always do simple things.
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Stephen WolframEvidence Quote
“That idea of simple programs producing complicated behavior I think is sort of the essence of the secret that nature uses to make complicated stuff.”
Source
155 | Stephen Wolfram on Computation, Hypergraphs, and Fundamental Physics— Sean Carroll's MindscapeCreated: 6/13/2026, 3:30:55 AM
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