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Complex systems generate emergent phenomena distinct from consciousness
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Is it true that complex systems generate emergent phenomena distinct from consciousness?
Yes. Multiple scientific and reference sources confirm that complex systems consistently generate emergent phenomena, ranging from physical and biological systems to social and computational models.
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Wikipedia: Complex system. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_system
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Complex virtual social systems facilitate the study of emergent phenomena.
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Rossetti, G., Stella, M., Cazabet, R., Abramski, K., Citraro, S., & Cau, E. (2026). Big Data & Society: YSocial: An artificial intelligence powered social media virtual twin. Big Data & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517261431576
Complex systems of chiral active particles exhibit collective emergent behaviors.
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Yu, X., Wang, R., Ai, B., & Li, F. (2025). New Journal of Physics: Deep learning for predicting the evolution of chiral active particles motion based on experimental platform. New Journal of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/adfb27
Taste is an emergent property involving complex biological interactions.
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Pallante, L., Cannariato, M., Vezzulli, F., Malavolta, M., Lambri, M., & Deriu, M. A. (2023). Chemical Engineering Transactions: Machine Learning Aided Molecular Modelling of Taste to Identify Food Fingerprints. Chemical Engineering Transactions. https://doi.org/10.3303/CET23102048
Complex systems display emergent phenomena across spatial and temporal scales.
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Romeijnders, M., Boven, M. v., Corman, F., Modes, C. D., Staniczenko, P. P. A., & Panja, D. (2026). Nature Communications: Event-based spatiotemporal networks for modelling emergent phenomena in complex systems. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73917-0
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Complex systems display emergent phenomena across spatial and temporal scales.
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OpenAIRE: Event-based spatiotemporal networks for modelling emergent phenomena in complex systems. (2026). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73917-0
Complex plant-pollinator networks generate emergent properties.
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Moreira, E. F., Boscolo, D., & Viana, B. F. (2015). PLoS ONE: Spatial heterogeneity regulates plant-pollinator networks across multiple landscape scales.. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123628
Complex systems defined by simple rules generate emergent phenomena.
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OpenAIRE: Levels of Description and Reduction. (1998). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198504092.003.0010
Complex nonlinear systems generate emergent phenomena distinct from simple descriptions.
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OpenAIRE: Emergent nonlinear phenomena in a driven dissipative photonic dimer. (2021). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-01159-y
Systems biology studies complex biological phenomena and emergent properties.
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OpenAIRE: Systems biology: from the fundamentals of complexity to applications in plant biology. (2024). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.53660/clm-3569-24j22
Computational models of complex biological systems reveal emergent behaviors.
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OpenAIRE: From Silico to Vitro: Computational Models of Complex Biological Systems Reveal Real-World Emergent Phenomena. (2016). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23291-1_9
Complex systems comprising interacting agents exhibit emergent phenomena.
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OpenAIRE: Controlling Complex Systems. (2026). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-14081-5.00167-7
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