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observing rhemr enough lo make calendars, eorupulers,
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closks, merers, and rulers, bur nor ever enough re
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undersraud ure eompler acrrons in even a simple lrvmg
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system You an hu a uarl on ihe head, or eause a
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machine ro do so, and gel a Iarrly prediciable resuli
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llil a dog on rhe head, and ii will erlher dodge, brie
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back, or die, but ll will never ogam reael m lhe same
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way. We eau predrcl only lhose lhiugs we sei up lo be
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predicrnble, nor whar we emounur m rhe real world of
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lrvrug and rcacrrve processes,
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Eeologrsls and 'whole syslern ’ptuple snuggle lo
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uudersrand open and complex spslems, even lhough
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lhey realise rhal lhey loo are a parl ol lhe sysrem lhey
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srudy. Iu raei, given enough lurmologrsls lrhoae who
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sludy lreshwaler lakes and lake orguursrnsl, rhese
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berome me mosr rmporrani Iaclor in lhe spread ol lalre
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orgarurrus via rherr boars, boors, and nersl llr rs also
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lime, I reel, tor sludenls oI eomruunroes tn Iorru a
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cprrrrrrunrry olshrdeursol eorurnuurlies and keep our oi
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everybody else‘s hairvl
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Overseas a. rs periloust eloee Io being a very good
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reusou Ior oversees ard lo be nmry as spres med
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sounrerspres I shudder lo lrunk lhak rl we naiu more
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bram surgeons, Iney rnusr cur open more bum in
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order ro supporl mernselves imagine! I lhmk ll lair id
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say our il you subrurl lo poverly, you equipywmll lo
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know abour poverry. and Ilse same goes Ior luboklmy
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There are several ways noi lo Iaee live by taklng
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drugs wurchmg relevrsrou, beeomlug a fakir m a cave,
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or reading in pure sereuee. All are an abdicarion or
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personal respousrbrliry Ior lrIe ou eurrh liurludmg, ol
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eourae, one‘s own fife). Value and elh lree lxifitylcs
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are as aberrnnr in scum as m aoerely.
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I! la rue quanullblhnfly oi many... sclenllllo
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oooeepla lhul have led Io rhelr adopuon by
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sclenusls alien regardless arm: Iarl lhal. as
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they are deflnui lhey correspond lo norhlng
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wharsoerer In lhe world orllvrrrg rhlngs.
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(E.Coldsmllh,l981'nlemodynmncs or
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Emdynamics‘, niemlugrsu
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Perverse plauurug rs everywhere obvious- houses
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lace nor lhe suu, bur ralher lhe road, lawns replace
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gardens, and lrees are plauled ro be pruned and
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leuoled. Makowork rs rho rule, and lsuspecr than mosl
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rheorerrcal sereulrsls ruhaou demenred domeslie
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envrroumeuls, luil as many payehralrrsls are
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inhabuauo oI menial msourrions
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Scimdhc (and mieuuhel groupa or mdrrlduals
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ean make progress rn lindmg solulrous lo sp 'Iie
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problems The Iollowmg approaches do very well
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ldrsirpiers please norel
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l lwllovmc 10015,orrlnvmmng uew lools Ior
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speerne labs,
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2. COLLECTING Il LARGE SET or OBSERV~
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ATIONS ou oecurrences, or samples ol a 5:! or
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phenomena, and surfing lheru on lhe oasis oIlrkerresre
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uulrkeuess (by establlshing sysirmr and sysrem
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boundaries, earegorres, end keys lo sysremsl, This
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12
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proress Dflzn reveals eumrnou characrerrsries oi
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diverse elcmcnrs, and leads lo an undersiaudiug oI
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eornrnon Iraus, suggesliug (by aualogyl slralegus in
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design
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3 INSIGHT lhe "Anal" or Eurekal" response lo
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obscrvalrou "us, as is wcll molded, eomes lo ihe
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rudryrdual as rhough by special girl or providence. Iu
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Iaer, rl u q re pmbably rbe end poinl on
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4. mm;- ~give u a lry and see rI ll works" This
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emprrreal approarh simply eliminares more lhings rhai
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do!“ work || does nor necessarrlv esrablish how or
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why somerluug works, or even I! u works in ihe long
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ru
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5 awesome: lhe besl guesses are based on lrrals
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«her are already known lo work.
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In OBSERVINC UNIQUE EVENTS and raking rrore
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or lhenr lrhe "dlxvvefy' or penicillin)
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7. ACCIDENT. rrrals sel up loroue reason work in a
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way nor predleled or Ioreseon, eorupounds made Ior
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one purpose are applied to arrolher
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a. XMH’ATION: bv lesung alreadyekuown filed:
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ldraruvered by orhersi
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9 mmmwc by seeing a pnlreru ro eveuls oI
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ollen very diIIerenr nalures, and lhus producing
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msrghrs inro underlying elkds olren preceded by 2
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above, bur rare in science
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lo COMMONSENSE olleu rolled ~mauagemeur in
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business and nanrral syflems mmm), Thls eonsisrs oI
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srayrug wrrh and sreeriug a sysrem or enlerprise
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Ihrough eonsranr adlusmlmt to a suecesshrl eurnclusiou
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or resuli. II also suie evolving sysrerus, and is ihe basis
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or eoulluuous change and adiusuuenl.
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2.3
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APPLYING LAWS AND PRINCIPLES
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TO DESIGN
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Pnnclyles dllfex Irorn dogmas in lhal (here are no
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penalrres for error, pun only learning hum error. whu‘h
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leads lo a new evoluoon. Dogmas are rules which are
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rnlended |o loree ctnlrallsed eorurol (or-en by gurlli,
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and H is obvious lhal every such rule or law represenls
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a Iarlure or me aorial sysrern II is loo lare lo Iarl, bur
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never loo lare lo adopr sensible principles Ior our
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gurdauee, and lo lluow away ihe rrrle book
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W
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In duos lies unpamllslod opporlurrily lor imposing
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cumin order.
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lusl ,oiu wilh one or rwo lrierids lo make your way in
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rheconiusronorhers will Iollow and learn
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There is only one law filal is altered lo us by such
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eduearion as we derive horn ualure,and lhal is are law
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or rerurn, whkh can beslared in many ways:
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WEI
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