The smell of subjectivity clings to the mechanical definiti… - Hans Christian von Baeyer

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The smell of subjectivity clings to the mechanical definition of complexity as stubbornly as it sticks to the definition of information.

Hans Christian von Baeyer

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Hans Christian von Baeyer (born 1938) is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary.

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The smell of subjectivity clings to the mechanical definition of complexity as stubbornly as it sticks to the definition of information. - Hans Christian von Baeyer

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