If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing. (Talcott Parsons)

If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing.

Talcott Parsons

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