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Something that always persists.
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In the humanities it doesn't mean much.
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Mathematics is not generalizable, it's only good for local patterns.
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Boolean mathematics is only generalizable with multiplication.
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Math people play decent games but they are not generalizable. Many of them are not
legitimate or natural.
The Law of the Increase of the Random Element
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Entropy to mathematicians.
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It matches the fallout and takes
up more space. According to
Eddington we get 100,000 tons
of stardust daily and the
earth's weight increases.
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The earth's crust has all
elements in good proportions.
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Making the topsoil took years
to get keys to man's survival in
the universe.
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The sun has Hydrogen, Helium
and Carbon while the earth has
most all elements in it's crust.
It's in the crust or the topsoil
where worms, flies and other
organisms do things
inadvertently to gain their local
advantage.
Intellect.
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Automation. Man is all automated.
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There are few things we do consciously.
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Those things we do do consciously are called
design.
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All conscious thinking is design.
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Man has a design capability.
Sphere Packing
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Bees couldn't help but make hexagons because
close packed circles take less area than cubic
arrangements.
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Humans may be unique because we can't improve
in conscious design.
March 1965 Buckminster Fuller Lecture Notes - Page 4 of 6
Bees do it
Design at Southern Illinois University
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