observing rhemr enough lo make calendars, eorupulers,
closks, merers, and rulers, bur nor ever enough re
undersraud ure eompler acrrons in even a simple lrvmg
system You an hu a uarl on ihe head, or eause a
machine ro do so, and gel a Iarrly prediciable resuli
llil a dog on rhe head, and ii will erlher dodge, brie
back, or die, but ll will never ogam reael m lhe same
way. We eau predrcl only lhose lhiugs we sei up lo be
predicrnble, nor whar we emounur m rhe real world of
lrvrug and rcacrrve processes,

Eeologrsls and 'whole syslern ’ptuple snuggle lo
uudersrand open and complex spslems, even lhough
lhey realise rhal lhey loo are a parl ol lhe sysrem lhey
srudy. Iu raei, given enough lurmologrsls lrhoae who
sludy lreshwaler lakes and lake orguursrnsl, rhese
berome me mosr rmporrani Iaclor in lhe spread ol lalre
orgarurrus via rherr boars, boors, and nersl llr rs also
lime, I reel, tor sludenls oI eomruunroes tn Iorru a
cprrrrrrunrry olshrdeursol eorurnuurlies and keep our oi
everybody else‘s hairvl

Overseas a. rs periloust eloee Io being a very good
reusou Ior oversees ard lo be nmry as spres med
sounrerspres I shudder lo lrunk lhak rl we naiu more
bram surgeons, Iney rnusr cur open more bum in
order ro supporl mernselves imagine! I lhmk ll lair id
say our il you subrurl lo poverly, you equipywmll lo
know abour poverry. and Ilse same goes Ior luboklmy

There are several ways noi lo Iaee live by taklng
drugs wurchmg relevrsrou, beeomlug a fakir m a cave,
or reading in pure sereuee. All are an abdicarion or
personal respousrbrliry Ior lrIe ou eurrh liurludmg, ol
eourae, one‘s own fife). Value and elh lree lxifitylcs
are as aberrnnr in scum as m aoerely.

 

 

 

I! la rue quanullblhnfly oi many... sclenllllo

oooeepla lhul have led Io rhelr adopuon by

sclenusls alien regardless arm: Iarl lhal. as

they are deflnui lhey correspond lo norhlng

wharsoerer In lhe world orllvrrrg rhlngs.
(E.Coldsmllh,l981'nlemodynmncs or
Emdynamics‘, niemlugrsu

Perverse plauurug rs everywhere obvious- houses
lace nor lhe suu, bur ralher lhe road, lawns replace
gardens, and lrees are plauled ro be pruned and
leuoled. Makowork rs rho rule, and lsuspecr than mosl
rheorerrcal sereulrsls ruhaou demenred domeslie
envrroumeuls, luil as many payehralrrsls are
inhabuauo oI menial msourrions

Scimdhc (and mieuuhel groupa or mdrrlduals
ean make progress rn lindmg solulrous lo sp 'Iie
problems The Iollowmg approaches do very well
ldrsirpiers please norel

l lwllovmc 10015,orrlnvmmng uew lools Ior
speerne labs,

2. COLLECTING Il LARGE SET or OBSERV~
ATIONS ou oecurrences, or samples ol a 5:! or
phenomena, and surfing lheru on lhe oasis oIlrkerresre
uulrkeuess (by establlshing sysirmr and sysrem
boundaries, earegorres, end keys lo sysremsl, This

 

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proress Dflzn reveals eumrnou characrerrsries oi
diverse elcmcnrs, and leads lo an undersiaudiug oI
eornrnon Iraus, suggesliug (by aualogyl slralegus in
design

3 INSIGHT lhe "Anal" or Eurekal" response lo
obscrvalrou "us, as is wcll molded, eomes lo ihe
rudryrdual as rhough by special girl or providence. Iu
Iaer, rl u q re pmbably rbe end poinl on

4. mm;- ~give u a lry and see rI ll works" This
emprrreal approarh simply eliminares more lhings rhai
do!“ work || does nor necessarrlv esrablish how or
why somerluug works, or even I! u works in ihe long
ru

5 awesome: lhe besl guesses are based on lrrals
«her are already known lo work.

In OBSERVINC UNIQUE EVENTS and raking rrore
or lhenr lrhe "dlxvvefy' or penicillin)

7. ACCIDENT. rrrals sel up loroue reason work in a
way nor predleled or Ioreseon, eorupounds made Ior
one purpose are applied to arrolher

a. XMH’ATION: bv lesung alreadyekuown filed:
ldraruvered by orhersi

9 mmmwc by seeing a pnlreru ro eveuls oI
ollen very diIIerenr nalures, and lhus producing
msrghrs inro underlying elkds olren preceded by 2
above, bur rare in science

lo COMMONSENSE olleu rolled ~mauagemeur in
business and nanrral syflems mmm), Thls eonsisrs oI
srayrug wrrh and sreeriug a sysrem or enlerprise
Ihrough eonsranr adlusmlmt to a suecesshrl eurnclusiou
or resuli. II also suie evolving sysrerus, and is ihe basis
or eoulluuous change and adiusuuenl.

 

2.3

APPLYING LAWS AND PRINCIPLES
TO DESIGN

Pnnclyles dllfex Irorn dogmas in lhal (here are no
penalrres for error, pun only learning hum error. whu‘h
leads lo a new evoluoon. Dogmas are rules which are
rnlended |o loree ctnlrallsed eorurol (or-en by gurlli,
and H is obvious lhal every such rule or law represenls
a Iarlure or me aorial sysrern II is loo lare lo Iarl, bur
never loo lare lo adopr sensible principles Ior our
gurdauee, and lo lluow away ihe rrrle book

W
In duos lies unpamllslod opporlurrily lor imposing
cumin order.

lusl ,oiu wilh one or rwo lrierids lo make your way in
rheconiusronorhers will Iollow and learn

There is only one law filal is altered lo us by such
eduearion as we derive horn ualure,and lhal is are law
or rerurn, whkh can beslared in many ways:

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