Mnr AM de Lange writes:
> What could have become a revolutionary bifurcation (far from
> equilbrium) with the emergence of a new order, became an evolutionary
> bifurcation (close to equilbrium) with the East Germany digested into
> West Germany. This digestion will help make those Germans who wish to
> live like the former West Germens stronger. But it will not afford
> them a rejuvenation because it is one of the adjoints of an emergence
> not a digestion!
At, I'm confused (perhaps I've just been sleeping in class :-). I thought
a bifurcation is something that happens far from equilibrium, to restore
the equilibrium through an immergence or emergence. What's an
evolutionary bifurcation? Is it just an opportunity for digestive
learning, or something more?
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