Self Organized Criticality Quotes & Sayings

Under conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself. — Friedrich Nietzsche

In short, the idea dawns that the one universal principle which possibly ... between force and structure, the embodiment of the Principle of Least Action and the (unknown) force, which in mathematics is known as the attractor which pulls ... in the direction of the most optimal and relatively stable self-organized criticality, could very well be the Golden Ratio dynamic. the universal principle which as the balance between finiteness and infinity, stability and flexibility underlies self-similar fractal forms emerging at the 'edge of chaos' indeed seems to be the Golden Ratio Spiral. — Marja De Vries

No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either. — Marvin Minsky

I think women are used to stepping up and getting the job done when you need to. — Ann Dowd

He wasn't completely wrong, poor old Gemistus (let Lord Andronicus and the patriarch suspect him if they like), in wanting us, telling us to become pagan once again. — C.P. Cavafy

I don't have to fight if I don't want to. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

As I gave my hand to one and then another of the Winter Knights, hoping to forget Kian's kiss in the arms of the other dancers, I could feel Kian's eyes piercing through me, their flame-tinged ice searing through my soul. — Kailin Gow

I am a fanatic! I feel a power within me ... a fire that I may not quench, but must keep ablaze. — Vincent Van Gogh

[T]he time spent on language learning is lost unless it reaches a certain - daily and weekly - concentration. — Kato Lomb

They get up every day and go work for money, not taking the time to ask the question, 'Is there another way? — Robert T. Kiyosaki

I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders - no one wants to do it again. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds. — Tom Hanks

Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly. — Jane Austen

It turns out Superman is weak to Kryptonite and horses. — Zach Braff

When we sat down, Lacey started reading "Song of Myself," and she agreed that none of it sounded like anything and certainly none of it sounded like Margo. We still had no idea what, if anything, Margo was trying to say. She gave the book back to me, and they started talking about prom again. — John Green

With worms you can just change genes at random and see if you can find a mutant that does what you want it to do. — Cynthia Kenyon

The amazing thing is that chaotic systems don't always stay chaotic," Ben said, leaning on the gate. "Sometimes they spontaneously reorganize themselves into an orderly structure."
"They suddenly become less chaotic?" I said, wishing that would happen at HiTek.
"No, that's the thing. They become more and more chaotic until they reach some sort of chaotic critical mass. When that happens, they spontaneously reorganize themselves at a higher equilibrium level. It's called self-organized criticality. — Connie Willis

God did not become flesh and suffer an ignominious death at our hands so that we could have sprawling church campuses, programs, and budgets. — Michael S. Horton