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When I think about the world of science, when everything is going down the tubes and when ignorance is on the rise, if you could save one place that might start discursive thinking all over again, it would be the Santa Fe Institute.
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Welcome to Santa Fe Institute. How has complexity science evolved from its 19th century roots? At the Santa Fe Institute, we're asking big questions
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The Santa Fe Institute was founded in 1984 by a group of scientists frustrated with the narrow disciplinary confines of academia. They wanted to tackle big questions that spanned different fields, and they felt the only way these questions could be posed and solved was through the intermingling of scientists of all kinds: physicists, biologists, economists, anthropologists, and …
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SFI's History. Founded in 1984, the Santa Fe Institute was the first research institute dedicated to the study of complex adaptive systems. We are operated as an independent, nonprofit 501 (c) (3) research and education center. Learn More.
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The rise of complexity theory, an interdisciplinary field studying the emergent behavior and patterns of the interactions of simple (and not so simple) components, has been one of the most important responses to the ballooning of knowledge.
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High on a hill, 7,500 feet above sea level in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Cowan Campus has served as the research hub for the Santa Fe Institute for nearly 30 years. The original estate was built in 1959 for Brigadier General Patrick J. Hurley, a politician and attorney. Hurley was the 51st United States Secretary of War serving under President ...
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Drawing on fields as diverse as physics, chemistry, biology, information processing, economics, political science and every other aspect of human affairs, the Institute endeavors to see the world as it is, a complex non-linear web of incentives and constraints and connections. — ValueWalk. Learn more about SFI. Science for a Complex World ...
Predicting virus evolution | Santa Fe Institute
2 days ago · On November 12–13, SFI External Professor Santiago Elena (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) will convene a working group, called “ Predicting Virus Evolution and Emergence,” with the goal of identifying which factors are important to the emergence of new viral pathogens. “Predicting when and how infectious diseases will ...
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How can we map the networks of our interconnected beliefs? At the Santa Fe Institute, we're asking big questions. Learn more
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Research pursuits at SFI are highly exploratory, often risky expeditions into the unknown. Because we are looking for patterns and processes common to many kinds of systems – across physical, biological, social, technological realms – an insight or solution for one kind of system often snowballs into insights about other kinds of systems, perhaps across them all.