No #complexitycat blog this week, as I'm chairing #NERCCS2026! But stay tuned, because next week I'll bring you a review of an underground paper by Varela. In the meantime, read the last chapter of our introductory guide to #ComplexSystems, it is perfect for learning the basics!
Two weeks ago, we posted the last part of our #complexitycat miscellany! In it, you'll find a compilation of basic terms that every #ComplexSystems explorer knows. 🤓
But don't worry, everything is explained with simple analogies and easy-to-understand language. Check it out! 👇
Looking for a job opportunity or an international event to attend during the summer? You've come to the right place! Here's our monthly #complexitycat thread, updated every week in March 2026 with new open calls, specially selected for you! 👩🎓👩🏫👩🔬👩💻🧵
Thus, we conclude another #complexitycat trilogy! I hope you enjoyed this didactic detour, and we will soon return to our regular programming, full of underground paper reviews, essays criticizing mainstream narratives, and even a surprise interview!/3 😉
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As promised, today the last volume of “Complexity Miscellany for Beginners” was released!📢
And guess what? The central topic of this entry is the concept of #emergence, one of the most polysemic notions in #ComplexSystems science./1🔮
#complexitycat 🐈⬛
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Next week, #complexitycat will publish the final part of our beginner's guide, a series of essays dedicated to introducing the transdisciplinary world of #ComplexSystems science in simple terms.
In the meantime, we invite you to check out Part II, which you can find below. 🐈⬛👇
The first month of 2026 has flown by and today we bring you the new monthly #complexitycat thread, where you'll find opportunities that you will fall in love with. 🧵😻
(Keep an eye next week, we'll bring you more.😉)
Are you new to #ComplexSystems, #NetworkScience or #ArtificialLife? Part II of our “Complexity Miscellany for Beginners” is out today!
From autopoiesis to the edge of chaos, everything with simple analogies and classic examples./1🤓🧩
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Have you read our latest #complexitycat essay? It's the perfect introduction to the world of #ComplexSystems science! If you want to receive our latest weekly news, subscribe to our newsletter and don't miss a thing: from international events to diverse job opportunities! 🗺️🚀🔥
Start 2026 off on the right foot and check out our monthly #complexitycat thread! 🧵
Let's begin with the following 15 opportunities, and please expect updates throughout January. 😼🔥
Happy holidays from #complexitycat !🎅
As a present, we offer you the first volume of a special #SciComm trilogy, where we will delve into some of the most fundamental concepts in #ComplexSystems Science, always using simple and digestible analogies!🎁
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Are you new to the world of #ComplexSystems? Looking for a simple explanation of technical terms like #feedback, #entropy, #autopoiesis, and #criticality?
At #complexitycat, we offer you solutions./1 😼
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There will be no #complexitycat blog this week, as I am chairing #ComplexNetworks2025! Still, I invite you to check out our latest blog entry. Gonçalo Fibra recently joined my discussion with Yordan Yordanov in the comment section! You can join us too!😼
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Last week #complexitycat started a discussion about goal-directedness by analyzing Heylighen's naturalization of it.
Yordan Yordanov and I are having a very nice exchange of ideas in the comment section of the post, so I invite you to read it/join us!😼
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Today's essay on #complexitycat is a review on Heylighen's naturalization of goal-directedness, emphasizing its relationship to chemical organization theory and free energy principle narratives. I invite you to read it and share your thoughts below!/3
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Centuries of ontological dualisms (even recently permeating the literature) have muddied goal-directedness as something mystical. 🔮
It’s time to naturalize this concept and unpack its relationship to agency!/1
#complexitycat 😼
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As December approaches, we bring you the last #complexitycat thread of 2025, full of opportunities, from postdoctoral fellowships to international events taking place in 2026!
Here we go! 👇🧵
The latest #complexitycat essay is about Wolpert-Kolchinsky’s approach to semantic information. Their metric can be applied to rocks, hurricanes, and cells, so what does this score reveal about life vs. non-life phenomena?🤔
Details below👇
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Tomek Korbak is a much more recent thinker and was the first to propose using time to avoid self-reference paradoxes in the context of (M, R) systems. Here is another article from #complexitycat that offers a brief overview of three of his contributions./3
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If you're still not familiarized with Rosen, then I recommend to take a look at the #complexitycat trilogy on Rosen's ideas: a straightforward guide on his philosophical motivations and his famous (M, R)-systems./2
Part III contains links to Part I and Part II:
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The latest #complexitycat essay is dedicated to review their approach, pointing out avenues for future refinement as well as potential connections with other approaches, such as the free energy principle. Read it now now and let me know what you think!/3
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Shannon's information focuses on the syntactic aspect of communication without regard for what the messages actually mean.
Can we measure meaning? What is the relationship between semantic information and autonomous agency? 🧐💭
#complexitycat 🐈⬛./1
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#complexitycat is releasing a new domain: now you can enjoy our content at complexitycat.org 😸
Don't forget to read our latest essay on self-reference and living systems. Soon we'll offer another review of a popular semantic information metric. Can you guess what it is?🫣
Self-reference drives any theory of metabolic closure: autopoiesis, autocatalytic sets, (M,R)-systems...
Yet a recent paper by famous #ALife people overlooks key voices: Pattee, Cariani, Hofmeyr, Korbak.
Let's stop reinventing the wheel! Read the latest #complexitycat essay!✍️
However, names like Pattee, Cariani, and Hofmeyr were left out of their scope despite their enormous contributions to the topic. As shown in my latest #complexitycat essay, the first in proposing time to resolve self-reference was Tomek Korbak, not them!/3
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A group of renowned #ALife researchers recently published a paper exploring open questions on the relationship between life and self-reference.
As usual, part of the literature addressing these “unresolved problems” was ignored.../1🤓
#complexitycat 🐈⬛
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Guess what? Our monthly thread is here, updated every week and full of opportunities for you! Pay attention to the goodies coming our way in November: international conferences, graduate programs, special issues, and much more!
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Last week, #complexitycat brought you a short essay tracing the idea of life as a thermodynamic phenomenon out of equilibrium, discovering that Schrödinger failed to cite relevant contributions when writing his popular “What is Life?”.
Want to know more? Check it out below!🐈⬛✍️
Special thanks to Georgii Karelin (OIST), who introduced me to Ervin Bauer's work and even helped me translate (from Russian to English) some of the historical notes I cited in the manuscript. I dedicate this #complexitycat essay to him!
