Bateson, The Unpredictability and Divergence of Patterns , in Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity

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The Unpredictability and Divergence of Patterns

Gregory Bateson

Mind and Nature:

A Necessary Unity

Ch. II

Every Schoolboy Knows

10. Quantity does not Determine Pattern

“From the point of view of any agent who imposes a quantitative change, any change of pattern which may occur will be unpredictable or divergent.” (64c)

Bateson, Gregory. Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity. London: Wildwood House, 1979.

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