“The relationship between these varied traditions and our complexity theory view of the universe recalls the parable of the blind men and the elephant. In that story, one man describes the trunk of the elephant as a snake. Another man describes its legs as trees. One says the body is a wall, and another calls the tail a whip.
Likewise, each mode of inquiry, each cultural perspective, each set of questions concerning the true nature of reality yields some pieces of the puzzle but not others"
Notes on Complexity
Neil Theis