Lewis Thomas Quote

You cannot meddle with one part of a complex system from the outside without the almost certain risk of setting off disastrous events that you hadn't counted on in other, remote parts.

The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher, On Meddling (p. 110), The Viking Press. 1979

You cannot meddle with one part of a complex system from the outside without the almost certain risk of setting off disastrous events that you hadn't ...

You cannot meddle with one part of a complex system from the outside without the almost certain risk of setting off disastrous events that you hadn't ...

You cannot meddle with one part of a complex system from the outside without the almost certain risk of setting off disastrous events that you hadn't ...

You cannot meddle with one part of a complex system from the outside without the almost certain risk of setting off disastrous events that you hadn't ...