Ранец школьный. Day Dream, 39*30 см

After a while Lou says, "Probably in order to answer this question we should ask a more basic one: What provides the in- trinsic order among various facts? Looking at the elements that Mendeleev had to deal with, they all seemed different. Some were metals and some gases, some yellow and some black, no two were identical. Yes, there were some that exhibited similarities, but that's also the case for the arbitrary shapes that Alex drew on the board." They continue to argue but I'm not listening any more. I'm stuck on Lou's question, "How does one go about revealing the intrinsic order?" He asked it as if it were a rhetorical question, as if the obvious answer is that it is impossible. But scientists do reveal the intrinsic order of things... and Jonah is a scientist. "Suppose that it is possible," I break into the conversation, "suppose that a technique to reveal the intrinsic order does exist? Wouldn't such a technique be a powerful management tool?" "Without a doubt," says Lou. "But what's the point in day- dreaming?" "And what happened to you today?" I ask Julie, after I've told her the day's events in detail. "I spent some time in the library ...»