We evaluate the relative life of a process by making predictions based on thought-experiments or simulations.

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• When the process is correct, the creation of life follows almost automatically, without effort.claim0.814
• The process of design is an empirical matter: which step has the deepest feeling can be discovered by experiment in the real place or in simulations.claim0.806
  Defines the experimental, empirical nature of deciding next steps.
• "It is certainly very hard, and perhaps impossible, for mere humans to anticipate and rule out in advance all the disastrous ways the machine could choose to achieve a specified objective."quote0.802
  Russell's statement opening Section 2 articulating the core motivation for the Contemplative AI approach
• It is, ultimately, the process, not the design, which gives life to a building.claim0.799
  Emphasizes process over blueprint.
• The issue is not whether the process will produce living structure if done faithfully — it will — but whether the maker has the stamina and will to keep rejecting versions that lack life.claim0.799
  Alexander's claim that the limiting factor in creating living structure is not method but the maker's persistence.
• We can best assess function by assessing the degree of life in various centers.claim0.799
  Practical prescription for design: evaluate life instead of checking functional lists.
• We can sense, ahead of time, the quality of the completed whole, even when we cannot yet visualize it.claim0.798
• In every case, the process is straightforward, simple, and above all free: it allows the reality of the situation, the human needs, human joys, to find expression.claim0.797
  A summary generalization from the examples about the nature of living processes.