Glen E. P. Ropella wrote: > Granted, one can hyper-focus some observation so as to artificially > label some slice of the situation and call that slice the unit "A". > But, that's an act of either description or prescription and is merely a > _model_ of the situation (often an impoverished one at that). > So we make the model better by using a larger/different network of interactions instead of a (misplaced) slice, and try again! Then on to the next problem...
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