Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction.
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There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong.Gregory Bateson
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Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.
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Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.
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It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity.
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