What Neil Theise has said about Complexity theory
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 12, 2026
Neil Theise, Adjunct professor of pathology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and co-discoverer of the interstitium, has been quoted on Complexity theory once in 1 episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, most recently on September 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Theise argues bodies are not machines because low-level randomness, like ants that stray from the food line, is what allows adaptation.
“But there's always 2% to 4% of the ants that aren't following the line. And it's those ants that are likely to bump into a food source somewhere else”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena Podcast (Sep 12, 2026) · Listen from 45:36
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Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena PodcastMayim Bialik's Breakdown · Sep 12, 2026 · 1 h 18 min
A re-aired Phenomena episode in which Ivy Ross, Martin Picard, Richard Hammerschlag, Neil Theise, Meredith Sprengel and Jonathan Cohen ask what energy is in healing.