Yet according to the traditional scientific picture, the Universe is just a random collection of particles with blind forces acting upon them. There is, then a deep mystery as to how a seemingly directionless assembly of passive entities conspire to produce the elaborate structure and complex organisation found in nature. They are also nonlinear, which means that chaotic, unpredictable action may occur. His final example is that of the network with large numbers of interacting sites or nodes. With random inputs, large networks do exhibit self-organization.
Network theory is now very popular in the field of artificial intelligence.
Neo-Darwinism, combined with the mathematical principles emerging from network theory and related topics, will, I am convinced, explain the 'miracle' of life satisfactorily. The superorganism . One week later, O. Sattaur expanded on the Gaia concept. Mainstream science has shown scant love for the Gaia concept, probably because of its holistic nature. In Gaia, our planet is a giant, self-regulating entity, something larger than and independent of humanity.