Studies on the Motion of Viscous Flows — II 



and reasoning of this paper, the annihilation of conditionally stringent constraints 

 is envisaged as an essential feature and instrument of adaptation, conceived here 

 as a general and universal aspect of all processes in nature originating in the 

 space-time manifold. This universal process of adaptation in nature and conse- 

 quently the process of annihilation of conditionally stringent constraints upon 

 which it incisively depends, follow, by the thesis of this paper, the principle of 

 maximum uniformity. 



Concerning Aspects of Uniformity and Nonuniformity 



In this section, some significant aspects of uniformity and nonuniformity 

 revealed in experience are cited. This is done to point up their universal role 

 in natural phenomena, and as a consequence the strong implications they have 

 for the principle of maximum uniformity which will be further examined in depth 

 in a subsequent paper. 



The Aspects of Uniformity include— ■''_'.■. ■-: '. 



1. Symmetry ' ^ v 



2. Equilibrium: local, global, spatial, and temporal 



3. Stability: local, global, spatial, and temporal ' 



4. Isotropy: a local aspect 



5. Homogeneity: a global aspect 



6. Constancy '...■. 



7. Invariance • ; ; 



8. Covariance 



9. Law 



10. Correspondence <. . /,.• •• .- - - 



11. Element , 



12. Order 



13. Reproducibility: the ultimate criterion and requirement of scientific 

 investigation 



14. Regularity. 



Some Corresponding Aspects of Nonuniformity include — 



1. The most fundamental and universal aspect of nonuniformity posited to 

 sense-perception and sense-awareness is /orce. 



2. Asymmetry 



3. Information 



4. Curvature 



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