The Making of a Prophet

Re:The Making of a Prophet by halcyonblue on Saturday August 27, 2022 @07:29PM (#32624278)

The second sentence claims Fuller invented the word synergy. m-w.com says synergy has been in use since the 17th century. This author is not off to a good start.

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Re:The Making of a Prophet by scoopertrooper on Sunday August 28, 2022 @03:11AM (#32626420)

More insight from Wikipedia:

> The term synergy was refined by R. Buckminster Fuller, who analyzed some of its implications more fully[9] and coined the term synergetics.[9]

> * A dynamic state in which combined action is favored over the difference of individual component actions.

> * Behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts taken separately, known as emergent behavior.

> * The cooperative action of two or more stimuli (or drugs), resulting in a different or greater response than that of the individual stimuli.

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Re:The Making of a Prophet by Turing_Machine on Saturday August 27, 2022 @11:41PM (#32625557)

Also, the "Dymaxion Deployment Unit", or "Dymaxion House" (not "Dymaxion Dwelling Unit") was not a dome.

There are numerous other egregious errors.

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