To: Fester Chugabrew
Thye're not seeking principles of order. They may be using principles of order, but on the other hand physial chemists like myself tend to joke about organic chemists' 'rules'. For example, Woodward and Hoffman came up with some useful quantum mechanical rules that govern how certain reactions go. So, reactions which follow these rules are called "Woodward-Hoffmann' Triuble is, there are some reactions that don't follow the rules, and they're called anti-Woodward-Hoffmnn. One thing is sure, though; all reactions in this class are one or the other.
To: Right Wing Professor
They're not seeking principles of order. They may be using principles of order . . .In order for an observer to recognize the difference between two phoenomena, the phenomena themselves must each exhibit distinct characteristics. Otherwise the observer would not be able to tell them apart.
What is the cause for two distinct objects appearing differently to an observer? Randomness does not facilitate distinguishability between objects.
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