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ANNOTATION:
"stable" is an unworkable term in dynamics
The most valid examples of long term survival are a pendulum,
or an orbit, These are in continuous motion and change,
and at no point in time are not changing. They are never
stable. The survival of a species depends on the success
of the life cycle of its individuals, Cycling through birth,
growth, learning, evading danger, recovering from wounds,
etc. Even as unstable a pattern as a river channel, when
considered as a self replicating pattern is highly unstable,
but is shaped by simple gravity and soil resistance into
the apparently unlikely and illogical S curves. The interior
of an atom is a mess of dynamic interactions, and resists
radiant heat by incorporating vibration, or incorperating
the energy of a photon and throwing it out later as a photon.
This is not intuitively anything resembling the term "stable"
A dynamic interaction of dynamics inward and outer changes
that trigger responses that return the thing to its own shape
and configuration, Korzybsky's use of the term "Structure"
was his own, but it envisioned a cathedral like balance of
pushes.
Copyright© 1997 Principia Cybernetica -
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Author
Katherine MacLean
Date
Mar 7, 1997
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