the talmud on kolmogorov complexity
Pirkei Avot 5:1
The world was created with ten utterances. What does this come to teach us? Certainly, it could have been created with a single utterance.
Also, on universality:
Avot 5:6 -- Ten things were created at twilight of Shabbat eve: ... the original tongs, for tongs are made with tongs.
The world was created with ten utterances. What does this come to teach us? Certainly, it could have been created with a single utterance.
Also, on universality:
Avot 5:6 -- Ten things were created at twilight of Shabbat eve: ... the original tongs, for tongs are made with tongs.