Monday, August 23, 2021

Patterns and Anomolies

 Bernd Heinrich; PBS Newshour - link


 He lives alone in a cabin, or camp, as it's called in Maine, he built 10 years ago

 In his science, Heinrich says, he looks first for patterns in nature and then for the differences, the anomalies that offer a way in.

 Anomaly means that there should be some reason for it.

 A reason why something's not going to pattern?

(in the video at this point, he's look at full leaves vs. insect-chewed leaves).

Yes, if you only see one pattern, you can't even think about it. It just is. But when you see a different one, then you can ask why. 

 

He also wrote "Trees in My Forest," which I read years ago. 

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