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