How do you solve a problem like a (Fritjof) Capra? Fritjof Capra's popular books purport to expound modern thinking in science by promoting "system thinking." Really, they are naive and misleading, ignoring the success of detailed "mechanistic" explanations, especially in biology.

From: Skeptical Inquirer | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Guttman, Burton S. | Copyright information 
 
   How do you solve a problem like a Capra? 
   How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? 
   How do you find a word that means a Capra? 
   A flibbertigibbet! 
   A will-o'-the-wisp? 
   A clown? 
   Many a thing you know you'd like to tell him, 
   Many a thing he ought to understand, 
   But how do you make him stay 
   And listen to what you say? 
   How do you keep a wave upon the sand? 
   Oh, how do you solve a problem like a Capra? 
   How do you hold Dr. Moonbeam in your hand? ...

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