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+====Introduction====
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+Qualitatively, to understand the behavior of a complex system **we must
+understand not only the behavior of the parts but how they act together to form the
+behavior of the whole**. It is because **we cannot describe the whole without describing
+each part**, and because each part must be described in relation to other parts, that
+complex systems are difficult to understand.
+[...] The uniqueness of the human superorganism presents us with questions
+of fundamental interest in science, related to how much we can know about an
+individual system. When there are many instances, we can use information provided
+by various examples and the statistics of their properties. When there is only one system,
+to understand its properties or predict its behavior we must apply fundamental
+principles that are valid for all complex systems. Since the field of complex systems is
+dedicated to uncovering such principles, the subject of the human superorganism
+should be considered a premiere area for application of complex systems research.