iiiir aeis are or ,ieai elleei the reaeoon oi ihe earih is so resiore equilibrium and balanee II we mallreab overload, delorrn, or deflm naiural sysieiris and Flue eesses, uieu we will gei a ieaerion. and ihis ieaerion may have lone—ierm eonsequeriees Dim‘l do anything unless you've ihoughi oui all iis eouseouenees and advania Abunsllul eulniies used myiii io show how unnzusr saiy sees and uniiiinkmg desirueiion oI elerrieriir brings aboui eaiasimphe and sunning. the usual Slmdurz ol inyih has ihese sequenies- l A willhilaei clan individual or gmup 2. A iransinuiaiiun iariimaie io inanimaie or ihe ieverse. eg loi-s wile iurns mm a pillar ol silii This is by way ola waminy. 3. lnvoealion ol an elemenial loiee iiiie, sioriri, earihquake, llood. odal wave, plaguel as a multal any sei o! williiil nos, 4. Neeessary aionemeni by suiieririg. isolaiion, miyifioni or dsaih. So ihe nei of a ehild or individual is given a maxim; whieh relic: lo ihe whole oi naiure, and rebounds on me soeieiy, neared on sueh myils, we so eaieiully in are world, aware iliai every unthinking nei ean have awlul romcqm» beeaiase we have ieplaeed Mtuwbased iriyih wiih a sei oi ruied prohibiiions nelannn only Do ouier people, and unrelaied lo riaiune. we have developed desirueiive and pwplhcenued eivilisaiions and muslin“ in lite and ui design, we must aeeepi inai imriinialile rirlrs will no: nyyly, and insiead be prepared id be guidtd on our eoniinuing enploraiion by fluiblr pnnriples and dlmlwrs. unis, inis book emphasises selH‘lmKu, iesponsibil. y, and ihe luneiions cl Iivmg “Hugs wiihin a selflmguhlzd sysieiri on earih, energy lmm ihe sun ean be irapped nnd siored in any number or ways wnile ihe sun burns, we are in an open syslem I! we don‘t desboy ihe earih, open—sys!em emlgy saw/mg will sse us evolve as eonselous hams: in a eoriscious universe E . E . . 1n. raid at bound-l morny is m mum iunman and losponsbilily no In. em In people "ml. no ninnoi numb-ivy is needed TM mi- ul Wm design in lo omi- n sen—«unlald syn-mi 21 SCIENCE AND THE. THOUSAND NAMES OF GOD Allhouyi we ean observe naniie, living synems do In: lend lheiuselves in mid serenrilie deriniiiuu ior Iwo reasons. Firsily, lire is always in pioeese nldmigz. and seeondly, liie sysiems renrl lo mvesilnaiion or ex- perimenis We uiusi always aeeepi. ihereloro. ibal ihere w||l never be "Laws' in ihe area oi blolngy “Hand" seieure. men as we apply io maierial sysiems (physlcs, rnoiisemaiies, inorginlr ehemrsiryl, siudiously avoids lale syslflns, iepaidin, as noi ouiio iespeeiable ihose seionees iboiany, Ioolngyi psydmlogy) whien lry lo deal wiih lile. Rigornus seienose meibod deals wiih ihe neeessiiy oi ngomns eonirol oi vaoables. and in a lile sysiein (m mdeed any sysum), inis presumes rwo mines ihalaie iriipdsnble; I ma you know all variables «in order lo mlml some ol ihern and measure oihersi beloreyou sian, or 2 Thu you (in in iaei mmml all ur indeed any variables wxlhwlmhng disorder in ihe liiesysiem Every experimeni is earned oui by people. and ihe resulis nre iinparied in people Thus (wing ihings condud and impari knowledge. To ignore his in ihe sysiem siuelied. one has no ignore oneseli. Lila ekisls in candinnns oi flux, noi imposed eoniiul, and responds no any harm or :vnhul in a new lashioii Living ihinys respond io siriei eunirol ienher by removal ol siuuuli or by eonsiani inpui oi siimulii by beeoming iiniianliulled, or (in me ease or people and iais ai lea-ii by dysiunenon, orby going mad. Experimems, iheiesoie, are nbl deeisive, rigid, or line findings bui an eternal seaieh lur ihe variables ihai have not been aeeouriied (or piuviously this is ihe equivaleni oi irue believers, in eheir emplrieal approneh io ihe knowledge ol God's name. They simply keep dummy; variables ol all possible names uniil ipeihapsi ihey hli on ihe nghl one Thus does seienee proeeed in biological eiperiinenis Sdlnlxsh who "kmw' and observe, am usually apply iheir Iuwwledge in me world, nose who -a onen don-i know or observe This has resulied in several lflgic condiiicnsi where piodueiive naiiiral eeosysiems have been desiroyed iii ereaie unprodueiive euliivaied sysiems, banking every sane environineulal pnneiple in do so. Ener5y~ellltxem animals (deer, kangam, fish: have been displaeed by eilieieni anioial sysiems isheep, camel. Every widespread modern igncnlmnl sysiem needs great energy inpuis; maj| agrkuflun desiroys basie iesouieee and denies hibaie yields As Edward Goldsmiih makes clear (“thermo- dylunuu or beodynairiiis",1ne zeologisi, I981), many seieniisis iehise bu eenaider ihe haneuon ol liie in sueh sysieins. Naiural sysiems disintegnl: and decay, prndutmg more and more helpless planis, animals, and people. and ihe ink or ihe larmer rakes over ihe runeiion ol mmnl proeesses mie snare beeorues ihe leaner nl ihe orphaned ehilol, ihe laimer ihe laiher or ihe orpiianed ehiekeni H is only by reiurninn sell-reeulaiine luneiion Mid mpans 'lxty io Iivmg things isueh as people) ihal a slable liie sysiern ean evolve. Scienlilu meihod is one or ihe ways lo know aboui ihe real world, ihe world we are pair ol and live in, observnlion and eoniemplaiive underslandinp, is anoiner We ean lind oui aboui many (kings, boih Ilving and morgnnk, by liming, measuring, and ll