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| range of their attention.// | range of their attention.// | ||
| - | //But even as the influence | + | //But even as the influence |
| deep-seated resistance to such ideas. At some deep level, people seem | deep-seated resistance to such ideas. At some deep level, people seem | ||
| - | to have strong attachments to centralized ways of thinking. When people see patterns in the world (like a flock | + | to have strong attachments to centralized ways of thinking. When people see patterns in the world (like a flock of birds), they often assume |
| - | that there is some type of centralized control (a leader of the flock). According to this way of thinking, a pattern can exist only if someone (or | + | that there is some type of centralized control (a leader of the flock). According to this way of thinking, a pattern can exist only if someone (or |
| something) creates and orchestrates the pattern. Everything must have | something) creates and orchestrates the pattern. Everything must have | ||
| a single cause, and ultimate controlling factor. The continuing resistance to evolutionary theories is an example: many people still insist | a single cause, and ultimate controlling factor. The continuing resistance to evolutionary theories is an example: many people still insist | ||
| that someone or something must have explicitly designed the complex, | that someone or something must have explicitly designed the complex, | ||
| - | orderly structures that we call Life.// - Resnick, Turtles, Termites, and Traffic | + | orderly structures that we call Life.// - Resnick, Turtles, Termites, and Traffic |
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| + | //No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.// John Donne | ||
