{"id":692,"date":"2009-03-19T22:04:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T02:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedom24.org\/rationalpost\/?p=692"},"modified":"2009-10-16T23:24:26","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T03:24:26","slug":"multiplicity-and-complexity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedom24.org\/rationalpost\/multiplicity-and-complexity\/","title":{"rendered":"multiplicity and complexity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/encefalus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/complexity_ball.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-961\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/freedom24.org\/rationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/complexity_ball.jpg\" alt=\"complexity_ball\" width=\"140\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The human mind cannot grasp the causes of phenomena in the aggregate. But the need to find these causes is inherent in man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s soul. 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