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From: philippp@ERE.UMontreal.CA (P. Philippe)
Subject: Re: request: critiques of complexity
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Ted.Belding@umich.edu (Theodore C. Belding) writes:

>There seems to be a real dearth of *good*, well thought-out critiques of
>complex systems research and related fields (complex adaptive systems,
>artificial life, etc.).  I don't think that this is a healthy situation
>for the field, especially considering some of the hype that's been
>published.

>I'm compiling a bibliography, and as part of that, I'd appreciate it if
>people could send me references to papers that are critical of these
>fields.  I'll post a summary if there's interest.  I'm especially looking
>for papers that actually show some insight (as opposed to Horgan's
>article, for instance), but please send me any references you know of. 
>Thanks!
>-Ted

>-- 
>Ted Belding           Ted.Belding@umich.edu or streak@engin.umich.edu
>University of Michigan   Division of Computer Science and Engineering
>http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~streak/

Take a look at: From Complexity to Perplexity in the June issue of 
Scientic American. They go too far to my taste...

P.Philippe
