“The eminence of a scientist is measured by the length of time that he holds up progress in his field.”
— James Lovelock, Gaia, 2000 reissue, p. 65.
“Reduction does not tell us about construction. This is the fundamental insight of the study of complex systems.”
— Miller, John H., A Crude Look at the Whole: The Science of Complex Systems in Business, Life, and Society. Basic Books.