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Is nature ROBUST or OPTIMAL?
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We can’t escape complexity......Dr. Jacek Marczyk When the complexity and uncertainty of an engineering system increase, our ability to predict its behaviour diminishes until a threshold is reached beyond which accuracy and significance become almost mutually exclusive.......L. Zadeh Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line..... Benoit Mandelbrot |
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Have you ever wondered if you were designed by Mother Nature to be robust or optimal? Did you ever stop to think about it, especially in these times of "optimization". Picture this : puncture a hole in airplane's wing, can the airplane fly? Puncture a hole in a bird's wing, can the bird fly? Now answer me : is nature robust or optimal? Read a white paper by Dr. Jacek Marczyk on optimality. Another note on car crash tests. |
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