The Great Red Spot on Jupiter was created by the swirling chaos of the planet’s atmosphere. Emergent phenomena like this can’t be predicted from individual components alone, leading scientists to debate over explanations for centuries. In recent years, a new framework has been developed to understand emergence better, treating it as “software in the natural world.” This approach focuses on hierarchical levels of organization that operate independently, using computational mechanics to identify systems that exhibit emergence. The study also suggests that causation can operate at a higher level in complex systems, offering potential insights on free will and the structure of the universe.
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