Emergent Patterns
What's the weather going to be next month? I have no idea, but if I watch for a while, I can see patterns show up. Think about the weather where you live. Wintertime probably comes at the same point every year, give or take a month. You probably don't have beautiful summer weather one day and violent blizzards the next. But those patterns only show up as time marches along. You know what they are because you've lived there a while, or because other long-timers have told you what to expect.
Imagine you were plopped down in a brand new place, by yourself, completely isolated from other people. What would you know about the weather? Not much, except for what it's like outside right now. Over the years, you would learn to know what's ...
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