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A Clear and Understood Case of Strong Emergence

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I would like to thank Claudio Rodríguez Higuera for thoughtful and helpful discussions.

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  1. Johann Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 407, 9700 AK, Groningen, The Netherlands

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van Hateren, J.H. A Clear and Understood Case of Strong Emergence. Biosemiotics 10, 5–7 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-016-9278-z

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