Patterns cannot be weighed or measured. Patterns must be mapped.

Fritjof Capra
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Definitions are important. They help us understand how something works or what something is. However, there are some things that cannot be defined by convention or convention alone. Those things are patterns, meaning that they are abstractions of something else.

For example, if you look at an object, you might think of it as a box with a door on it. If you think that, then you are looking at the pattern of a box with a door on it. Patterns are not concrete things that can be weighed like stones or measured like distances.

If you want to understand the true nature of something, look for its patterns.

Source: The Web Of Life: A New Scientific Understanding Of Living Systems

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