Monthly Archives: August 2011

Does Complexity Breed Volatility?

We have now become familiar with the VIX, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index, thanks to the wild stock market volatility that has graced our television screens in the last few weeks.  Investors process incoming political and economic … Continue reading

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Is Complexity Useful?

I was reading Michael Behe’s recent blog entitled “irremediable complexity” about complexity in nature, and I wanted to ask this simple question: is complexity useful?  That question, of course, brings a number of other questions, and so I will try to … Continue reading

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