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... steps , and in the latter with only a single step . Chain Reactions Another related concept is the ' chain reaction ' . The idea is a very simple one ; so simple that it would have tempted Sherlock Holmes to say ' Elementary , my dear ...
... steps , and in the latter with only a single step . Chain Reactions Another related concept is the ' chain reaction ' . The idea is a very simple one ; so simple that it would have tempted Sherlock Holmes to say ' Elementary , my dear ...
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... step , large enough to carry us out of this first valley , over a watershed into one of the other valleys of the ... step over small watersheds ' . One can't , of course , give any general rules for doing this . It has got to be largely ...
... step , large enough to carry us out of this first valley , over a watershed into one of the other valleys of the ... step over small watersheds ' . One can't , of course , give any general rules for doing this . It has got to be largely ...
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... step by step . The purpose is not to predict the future but to generate plausible future situations . So far it has primarily been applied to the exploration of potential military or diplomatic crises , particularly by Herman Kahn , as ...
... step by step . The purpose is not to predict the future but to generate plausible future situations . So far it has primarily been applied to the exploration of potential military or diplomatic crises , particularly by Herman Kahn , as ...
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