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The Complexity is in the Environment

"Only human pride argues that the apparent intricacies of our path stem from a quite different source than the intricacy of the ant's path." Herbert A. Simon, The Sciences of the Artificial , Third Edition, MIT Press, p.82.

Uncertainty Rewards Adaptivity

"Although the presence of uncertainty does not make intelligent choice impossible, it places a premium on robust adaptive procedures instead of optimizing strategies that work well only when finely tuned to precisely known environments." Herbert A. Simon, The Sciences of the Artificial , Third Edition, MIT Press, p.35.