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Intersectional synergies: untangling irreducible effects of intersecting identities via information decomposition
Thomas F. Varley, Patrick Kaminski
The idea of intersectionality has become a frequent topic of discussion both in academic sociology, as well as among popular movements for social justice such as Black Lives Matter…
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Emergence as the conversion of information: A unifying theory
Thomas Varley, Erik Hoel
Is reduction always a good scientific strategy? Does it always lead to a gain in information? The very existence of the special sciences above and beyond physics seems to hint no.…