Sufficiently simple natural structures are predictable but uncontrollable, whereas sufficiently complex symbolic descriptions are controllable but unpredictable.

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The author of this quote, Leon Wolowski, is arguing that the natural world is simpler than the symbolic world. Because of this simplification, natural objects are predictable whereas symbolic descriptions are not. As a result, the world is easier to understand and predict. This quote illustrates the idea that in order for something to have any meaning, it must have a certain level of complexity.

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