A pattern has an integrity independent of the medium by…

A pattern has an integrity independent of the medium by virtue of which you have received the information that it exists. Each of the chemical elements is a pattern integrity. Each individual is a pattern integrity. The pattern integrity of the human individual is evolutionary and not static.

Sourced, Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking (1975)

Pattern Integrity 505.201

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