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Manifestation 'laws' — requisite variety, plus pseudo-physics resonance

manifestlikemom · 2026-04-27T14:24:02.000Z · in Creative
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Manifestation 'laws' — requisite variety, plus pseudo-physics resonance
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A mindset video borrowing Ashby's law of requisite variety, the real systems-theory idea that the most adaptable element controls a system, as life advice. It then misuses quantum physics to claim you 'attract what you vibrate'. The first idea is real, and the second is pseudoscience.
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10k ft — Key takeaways

• Ashby's law of requisite variety is a real cybernetics principle worth reading in the original. • The 'law of resonance' framing isn't real physics.

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Transcript excerpt
I probably end up in jail if I decided to argue these laws as my defense in court, but they completely govern my life. And after this video, they're probably going to govern yours too. Save this video because I plan on sharing three, but I need to appease the algorithm and so we'll see how far we get. Okay, law number one is the law of requisite variety. So this one comes from maths and system theories and states that in any system, any system at all, the element with the most flexibility controls the entire system. Not the strongest element, not the loudest element, not the one that's been there the longest, the most flexible one. And in engineering, this is used to design everything from an aircraft to financial markets. The component that can adapt to the most variables holds the most power over the outcome. Now let's apply this to your life. The most rigid person in any room, the one with the most rules, the most conditions, the most it must look this certain way, has least control over their outcome. Not the most. And the person who can bend most without breaking, who can change approach without changing vision, who can hold the goal loosely enough to let the universe re-root them towards the system. So know that flexibility is not weakness. Mathematically, it's the most powerful position in any system you'll ever be in. Okay, law number two is the law of resonance. This comes from quantum physics and it's going to get uncomfortable. At the subatomic level, particles…

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