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The Whole and Its Parts

Why complex isn't just more complicated and how to deal with complexity.

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Marcus Raitner
Apr 04, 2025
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Is a mechanical clockwork complicated? Or is it complex? And how about the human brain? Is it complex or complicated? Or maybe even both? When we don't (immediately) understand things, we call them complicated, and very complicated things we call complex. But is this even correct and permissible, or is our sense of language misleading us here?

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