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Quotes from The origins of order: Self-organization and selection in evolution — Stuart Kauffman

born 1939 United States

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Living systems exist in the solid regime near the edge of chaos, and natural selection achieves and sustains such a poised state.

The origins of order: Self-organization and selection in evolution (1993)

Evolution is not just "chance caught on the wing". It is not just a tinkering of the ad hoc, of bricolage, of contraption. It is emergent order honored and honed by selection.

The origins of order: Self-organization and selection in evolution (1993)

The onset of evolutionism brought with it the concept of branching phylogenies. The branching image, so clear and succinct, has come to underlie all our thinking about organisms and evolution.

The origins of order: Self-organization and selection in evolution (1993)

The famous physicist Wolfgang Pauli is said to have remarked that the deepest pleasure in science comes from finding an instantiation, a home, for some deeply felt, deeply held image.

The origins of order: Self-organization and selection in evolution (1993)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Stuart Kauffman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.