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The intention that each part should be I-like is what governs its shape, and is what makes the weaver weave this shape, and not some other.

Alexander's claim that I-intention is the causal driver of the precise form of living centers in traditional making.

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The 13th-century weaver consciously reached for and achieved connection to the I, which is why the blossom has more force than later versions.
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Alexander's interpretive claim about the intentionality behind the carpet blossom's superior quality.

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The maker's self-transformation as a prerequisite for creating unity.
it creates a ‘we’; what we are doing, for example, whether our behaviours are coordinated or not, becomes a relevant variable.quote0.760
Illustrates how non-separable functions shift identity to the collective level.
Can we identify any general, operational rule which we can follow, which would tell us whether to make a particular robe symmetrical or asymmetrical, or a particular design symmetrical or asymmetrical?question0.757
The crux problem of symmetry balance in design.
In assembling the pattern, it is necessary from time to time, to examine the state of the pattern many atoms away, if one is to be sure of not making a serious error when putting the pieces together.quote0.752
Penrose's statement about quasicrystal assembly, used as evidence that non-local action is required in natural morphogenesis
"[W]e must confess that perception, and what depends upon it, is inexplicable in terms of mechanical reasons... when inspecting its interior, we will find only parts that push one another, and we will never find anything to explain a perception."quote0.748
Canonical illustration of the Hard Problem intuition that any functional/mechanical explanation faces an explanatory gap for perception
To be making centers, our simplest path is to be making symmetries; we always try to get the maximum feeling from the thing as we design it.claim0.748
Patterns can be seen as active agents in the sense-making process.claim0.747
Central speculative claim blurring the line between data and algorithms.
The building as a whole, its feeling, will largely hinge on the way in which it is a beautiful, pure pattern in which solid elements and open elements, volumes, spaces, voids, and solid cores of material, together form a satisfying pattern of centers.quote0.744
The core aesthetic principle driving the structural design process.