Complexity to Systemic Thinking, Continued.

"It didn't take very long for (Brian) Arthur to realize that, when it came to real world complexities, the elegant equations and the fancy mathematics he'd spent so much time on in school were no more than tools - and limited tools at that. The crucial skill was insight, the ability to see connections." I wouldn't agree less. In human endeavour there are two kinds of inquiries, one the well organized, conservative, community schools of thought that make up the 'establishment' and the other, diffuse, intermittent, individualistic streaks of inquiry led from time to time by a daring, perhaps rebellious iconoclastic pioneer. The former has the advantage of tradition, well researched, well grounded experiential backing and yet, this very organized structure could, not unoften, stifle creativity by forcing individuals to subject themselves to its averaging process. The latter, has the disadvantage of the absence of backing of the establishment and yet, holds creativity in the grasp of freedom and independence that are its wellsprings. History is replete with examples like this. As one is wont to miss the significance of this dichotomy, I find it instructive to list a few below:

1. The example of the Wright brothers:
2. Max Plank and the birth of the Quantum theory 
3. Lamark and Darwin.
4. Einstein and Special Relativity
5. Goldschmidt and Uhlenbeck's discovery of spin vias Kronig.
6. David Bohm and John Von Neumann's mistake found by John Bell.
7. G, t' Hooft and renormailzation of Gauge theories.

I'll return to this after looking up on these examples a little.