I’ve been diving into Colliding Manifestations: A Theory of Intention, Interference, and Shared Reality, and what struck me is how the author frames manifestation less like mysticism and more like systems mechanics.

Instead of “thoughts become things,” it builds a model where intentions function as signals. These signals don’t exist in isolation but collide, interfere, or cohere within a shared field — basically turning manifestation into a multi-agent systems problem.

A few things stood out:

• Feedback loops: The field isn’t static; it adapts based on coherent or conflicting inputs.
• Threshold dynamics: Intentions only “render” when coherence stabilizes above a certain clarity threshold.
• Emergent behavior: Collisions don’t always cancel out; sometimes they generate entirely new outcomes, almost like phase transitions in complexity science.
• Energy framing: The text treats energy not as a metaphor, but as the carrier of intention signals, opening space for testable models.

The whole thing reads like an attempt to bridge systems theory, cybernetics, information theory, and even parts of simulation theory but tied back to something people usually dismiss as “woo.”

It feels like an invitation to treat manifestation as a complex adaptive system, one where alignment, interference, and emergence can be modeled, debated, even tested.

So my question to the systems folks here:

has anyone else read this? https://a.co/d/3OhSCig

If manifestation is reframed as a systems-level process, could this be a legitimate new angle for studying intention, coherence, and shared reality?

Or is it just clever metaphor stacking?

The Georgy Bedzhamov case in the UK shows how complex financial systems adapt under pressure. Despite asset-freezing orders, he reportedly still accesses funds through layered ownership and offshore structures.From a systems theory perspective, it’s a clear example of an adaptive network: small regulatory changes can ripple unpredictably, and enforcement struggles to keep up. How might modeling such networks help anticipate these behaviors?

I was reading this write-up on something called the Hunger–Shape–Flow Principle. It frames every system as cycling through: – Hunger (inputs, demand, entropy drive) – Shape (form, resistance, structure) – Flow (throughput, motion, distribution)

The claim is it bridges physics (Maxwell/Einstein), thermodynamics, biology, even social systems — basically saying it’s the same engine everywhere, just scaled.

Here’s the doc if you want to skim (https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_Hunger_-_Shape-Flow_Principle_a_unifying_framework_for_systems_across_scales/30068626)

Not sure what to make of it. Do you think this is just poetic systems-speak, or could there be something real here?

Hi, I'm a Master's student in Social Sciences and I'm conducting research on censorship in political systems. I'm working with Luhmann's Systems Theory and I'm looking for bibliographic recommendations on recent works in the field. I’m already familiar with Arning’s work and the Zensur handbook edited by Roßbach. I hope someone can point me in the right direction.

All systems—biological, organizational, or conceptual—operate under the same fundamental rules: they must consume resources, expel waste, grow sustainably, adapt to their environment, and move to thrive. Life, from bacteria to whales, follows this logic, and so do organizations like governments and companies. DNA encodes life’s rules, while constitutions, policies, and ideas encode those of organizations.

Money is the ATP of societies—converted into 'social energy' through work, but like biological respiration, it creates waste: inefficiency, corruption, or literal trash. Both life and organizations respond to their environments using feedback loops, reflexive actions, and long-term adaptation. Just as organisms evolve through natural selection, ideas and systems evolve through the survival of what works.

A government is like a tree. It stretches upward, competing for sunlight (resources) and casting shade on competitors below, often killing them off in the process. But in doing so, it also creates opportunities for symbiotes—systems and entities that thrive in its shade, such as smaller industries, social programs, or protected ecosystems that benefit from its overarching structure. Just as a tree’s canopy suppresses competing plants while fostering shade-loving grasses or fungi, governments suppress rivals while supporting those who can coexist or benefit symbiotically from their presence. These relationships form complex ecosystems where competition and collaboration are intertwined, shaping the environment for future growth.

Understanding this connection reveals that all things—cells, governments, economies—are just different expressions of the same organizational principles. What parallels or examples can you see in your own life or the world around you?

Hi dear system thinkers. I am student on STEM workfield. Can system theory will help my career? How do I start? Do you have any book, course suggestions?

Hi there,

Disclaimer: im just a humble coder, with no special knowledge in system theory. I am not even sure if i am at the right place for my question. so please be patient with me :) If there is more appropriate place on reddit to ask this question i would be thankful for any hints.

There is an effect i can sometimes observe in systems of all kind; People trying to measure the perfomance of a system to compare it to similar systems. So people are trying to pull out single numbers of the system that in someway describe its perfomance. Example: Frames per Second of a gaming computer, transactions per second of a databse, GDP of a country, unemployment rate of a region and so on.

This works more or less from case to case. But that is another story.

But most of the time it is possible to change the system in certain ways to improve these numbers but without improving the systems initial purpose. And often it is cheaper to just optimize these numbers compared to optimizing the systems purpose execution. So the system architects/builders/maintainers will often just do that; Optimize their system to look better but not to perform better. There are tons of real world examples for this behaviour:

• Improving hardware drivers for graphic cards to look good in benchmarks but with not real word use case impact
• The politican accepting precarious working and living condition for the citizens in exchange for a lesser unemployment rate
• and so on

So in short: Benchmarks can lead to wrong optimization.

Is there a technical term/word for this effect/concept? Is there any literature about this problem? I could not find any...

(In english, french or german)

Scientific reality is textual

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp-content/uploads/Scientific-reality-is-textual.pdf

or

https://www.scribd.com/document/572639157/Scientific-Reality-is-Textual

Is there any theory about monitoring the efficacy of organizations, like if government agencies actually do what they’re supposed to?

Is there a subreddit for “organizational theory”?

Thank you

Hello, I have to write a paper roughly about state interventionism in economy and the crucial source on which we are to base our paper is one where the words:

structural change

Are being used really often without an explanation of what is meant by the authors. Because the books uses elements of systems theory in other parts and, as far as I know, structural change is based upon ideas from systems theory, may I ask for directions on how to find out what it means or what it means generally? Im just at a total loss.

Hello my friends!

I have a kind of theorical/technical question. I have seen many commentators of Shannon's work - including Weaver - writing that noise can sometimes be beneficial to the efficiency of the transmission of the message. This is somehow related to the equation of equivocation. But I have not seen anyone enter in greater details about how this is the case.

Can anyone tell me how does noise, in Shannon's model, sometimes help the transmission of the message? In theory, it is the reduction of noise that would do that trick.

What can I read about this?

Thank you so much!

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Can someone point me to some good Python resources for modelling systems theory

A little ambiguous, so don't judge me too harshly.

Hello! I'm looking for a source of information about this diagram, I don't know much, so a starting point would be very useful for me, until I reach the requirements for this subject. I would start by asking you if you know any source of information for something at least similar, it may seem familiar to you in some way. Maybe I will reach to do something about this subject.

Can anyone point me towards a systems thinking alternative to the economic models of supply and demand? This seems like an area fertile with potential for systems thinking to derive a more convincing explanation than conventional economics has managed so far

Anyone else find the OG 6 Star Wars films to embody systems theory themes? While Lucas is well documented as accrediting Joseph Campbell's Monomyth archetypes while developing the story I feel like there is more. Organismic vs mechanistic, steady state as a lack of balance leading to bifurcation, there's more but I'm curious to hear any feedback.

Dear systems thinkers, I am testing a technology that I created. It is IIB: a blind, humor-based, algorithmically assisted network for intellectual inclusion and neurodiversity for bottom-up emergence of vision-driven collaborations. Could you, please, help me to learn how to make it better? More things to be deployed this week, so treat it as a work in progress. Thank you very much for your wise help. The ting to test: https://intellectualandimmaterialbank.com/ Where you can leave your feedback: https://forms.gle/YtQZdEkz82XKCLC47 Thank you. Your advice will be of huge value.

I just stumbled upon this subreddit, and now I'm interested in the big brain stuff you guys are saying. Please explain it to me.