HUMAN DYNAMICS

Epistemic Humility

The recognition that human operational systems and scientific models are local maps rather than absolute territory, always subject to logical breakpoints.

Where This Idea Comes From

Raised in "Systems as Art" as the necessary counterweight to building systems with conviction: the recognition that any operational model, however well-built, is a local map rather than the territory itself, and stays subject to logical breakpoints it can't see in advance.

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