Variant concepts should have similar behaviors; otherwise, users are surprised and modularity suffers.

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• This theory doesn't have to correspond exactly to human behavior or social customs; we only need analogs useful for program correctness.claim0.772
  The speech act theory for programming can be simpler than human models.
• The 20th-century concept of modular repetition was based on erroneous strands of thought and is incapable of creating living structure.claim0.771
  Historical critique that modularity is philosophically misguided and architecturally sterile.
• If systems are designed with proper purpose-oriented abstractions expressed in appropriate language, then modular structure with guaranteed reliability becomes achievable.hypothesis0.764
  Core hypothesis underlying Oberon design; validated by the system's successful modularity and extensibility.
• The collective often displays new behaviors or preferences that are not simply the sum of individual cell behaviors.claim0.763
  Key property of collective intelligence: emergent behaviors at the group level.
• A concept should not attempt to serve two distinct purposes; this leads to conflicts and confusion.claim0.759
  No overloading criterion.
• Artificially evolved neural networks and robots often lack modularity unless it is directly selected for, and exhibit inefficiencies from evolutionarily duplicated sub-structures.finding0.757
  Evidence that evolved machines share biological property of non-optimal modularity, blurring the distinction
• Two concepts should not have the same purpose; additional concepts for the same purpose create needless complexity.claim0.755
  No redundancy criterion.
• How should we account for concepts having multiple forms at different levels of sophistication and exploit it in design?question0.755
  Open question about layered concept complexity.