# Complexity May Still Be Near Its Beginning by Martin Rees > “The emergence of complexity could still be near its beginning.” > **— Martin Rees**, *2005: What Do You Believe Is True Even Though You Cannot Prove It?, Edge, 2005* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [2005: What Do You Believe Is True Even Though You Cannot Prove It?](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10620) — The linked publication contains the quoted passage and its surrounding argument. - **Master research record:** [[research/Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future|Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future]] — preserves this object inside the open Martin Rees source dossier. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Deep Time|Deep Time]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Complexity Science|Complexity Science]] - [[wiki/Cosmic Evolution|Cosmic Evolution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The emergence of complexity could still be near its beginning.” — Martin Rees, 2005: What Do You Believe Is True Even Though You Cannot Prove It?, Edge, 2005 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-complexity-still-near-beginning ```