Why Human Behavior Is Never Simply Explained. Or: People are complicated, so…the answer depends. Consider the following story: Maria and Emily, both age 24, are identical twins. Their father has just died. At his funeral service, Maria is weeping hard. Emily, dry-eyed, is nervously examining her ... read more
One reason that humans are so complex (and in turn difficult to study) is because of the property of emergence. Emergence is the reason that a reductionist view on science is not sufficient to fully explain the nature and workings of the universe, or that of humans particularly (it is however necessary, though). read more