The Systems Thinker: Essential Thinking Skills (The Systems Thinker Series, #1)

by Albert Rutherford

Where do these isomorphic similarities come from? Ludwig von Bertalanffy, the father of general systems theory, identified three reasons for the different fields of study to share the same isomorphic natural laws: There is an finite number of scientific laws or equations for solving things, so it makes sense that we use and adapt what is available to us all across the scientific disciplines. We can apply these laws into our world. Natural laws, like the exponential law, can prove to be true across a variety of situations and scientific fields. It is applicable in more than one instance as it holds true in the same type of system, even when the elements that exist within the systems are quite different. In the case of exponential law, or the Law of Exponents,[3] if the exponent is negative, the same rule applies to the decay of oxygen, the loss of body substance in a starving organism, molecular reactions, population decrease, financial decrease, or skill acquisition based by effort and time devoted. If the exponent is positive, an exponential growth can be observed in all the aforementioned areas. The subjects involved in each scenario are fairly different. The process that leads to the general decay or growth are also different, yet the Law of Exponents produces the same outcome. The Law of Exponents stays true in the case of chemistry, biology, economics, demography, or individual skill acquisition efforts. [vii]

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