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Mohammad Gani <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:39:05 -0400
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I never understood how deliberate action leads to spontaneous order. 
To act spontaneously is to act instinctively without conscious 
pursuit of goals. When people deliberately choose to follow traffic 
rules, there is order, but how is it spontaneous?

Institutions impose rules of conduct, and people may deliberately 
abide by those rules to avoid collisions. I do not understand why 
this would be seen as spontaneous order.

Mohammad Gani

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