Emergent complexity can arise from simple interactions between agents following rules. The complexity that arises is suprising and challenges our assumptions about whether order comes from the top or the bottom. Life and consciousness are examples of emergent phenomena. Link to many more episodes on various science topics: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/archive/index.html

Emergent complexity can arise from simple interactions between agents following rules. The complexity that arises is suprising and challenges our assumptions about whether order comes from the top or the bottom. Life and consciousness are examples of emergent phenomena. Link to many more episodes on various science topics: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/archive/index.html