Conservation Law of Complexity

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If this law would hold, it would imply that the description of a complex system cannot be any simpler than the system itself. New representations and new formalisms are able to break this law. Simon <Simon1981> argues that the major contribution of science is to break this law.

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If this law would hold, it would imply that the description of a complex system cannot be any simpler than the system itself. New representations and new formalisms are able to break this law. Simon <Simon1981> argues that the major contribution of science is to break this law. Author:

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