How does one explain the observable universe? One approach, reductionism, dissects each phenomenon as individual events. While this approach specifies its look over the event, in reality, many variables account for this event to happen. But if we combine those events, they create a system of events within the universe. Flake questions whether this outcome can still explain the universe or collections of phenomena that result in the universe instead.
As such, nature is full of randoms. Too many things to account for. Look not only one, but all.
The Computational Beauty of Nature proposes to look at these variables instead of observing them as system interactions. Patterns, evolutions, iterations. Singular events that when grouped create systems which then we can translate into groups of similar procedures, outcomes, or both.
However, in the quest to explain this universe, I believe that looking at both sides of the coin is a notable way to observe it. Why do sunflowers contain gridlike patterns? One could tap into its molecular structure, others can mathematically argue its most efficient way to store seeds. Regardless, approaching this observation of a sunflower with both ways allows us to understand the universe even better.