Evolution learning and progress of science: An increase in variety and order
Nicholas C. Paritsis · Systems Research · 1993
Abstract The contribution of variety to the adaptation, the survival and development of a system described by the laws of requisite variety of experience and of optimal variety, respectively is presented. The contribution of order to evolution found in the work of Prigogine is also discussed. It is then concluded that ordered variety is a better marker or measure for evolution than the amount of entropy and of information. The application of these concepts to other forms of Natural Intelligence development such as learning and the progress of science together with methods of their protection and facilitation are discussed.