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Q J Med 2003; 96: 925-926
© Association of Physicians 2003; all rights reserved.

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Interface and turbulence

M.A. Eastwood

From the Gastrointestinal Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

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The idea that society is governed by laws as precise as those of physics has long been a popular hypothesis for the explanation of social behaviour. Contributions to such ideas have been made by Descartes, the followers of the Cartesian system, Immanuel Kant and Auguste Comte.1 Science explores the ordered patterns which are a feature of nature, but these ordered patterns need not necessarily be confined to biological and physical systems.2

In human behaviour there are many instances of phenomena that simulate the physical. Examples include consistent asymmetry, similar to chirality in chemistry, the turning of the head to the right in the last weeks of gestation, and during kissing as an adult.3 There is also the phenomenon of synchrony whereby audiences clap in unison, people walk . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Address correspondence to Dr Martin Eastwood, Hill House, North Queensferry, Fife KY11 1JJ


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