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second-level emergent structure

Brain Post: Why No Two Snowflakes Look Alike

No two snowflakes are alike

Ever wonder why no two snowflakes look alike?  Not only do no two snowflakes look alike, but rarely do two snowflakes even look remotely similar.  Well, thereโ€™s a little thing in this world called โ€œemergenceโ€ and it dictates how complex systems are formed. Emergence Defined The arising of novel and coherent structures, patterns and properties during the process of self-organization [โ€ฆ]

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