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From: "Human Potential & Development."
Split Justification: Development fundamentally involves both our inner landscape (**Internal World**) and our interaction with everything outside us (**External World**). (Ref: Subject-Object Distinction)..
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From: "External World (Interaction)"
Split Justification: All external interactions fundamentally involve either other human beings (social, cultural, relational, political) or the non-human aspects of existence (physical environment, objects, technology, natural world). This dichotomy is mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive.
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From: "Interaction with the Non-Human World"
Split Justification: All human interaction with the non-human world fundamentally involves either the cognitive process of seeking knowledge, meaning, or appreciation from it (e.g., science, observation, art), or the active, practical process of physically altering, shaping, or making use of it for various purposes (e.g., technology, engineering, resource management). These two modes represent distinct primary intentions and outcomes, yet together comprehensively cover the full scope of how humans engage with the non-human realm.
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From: "Modifying and Utilizing the Non-Human World"
Split Justification: This dichotomy fundamentally separates human activities within the "Modifying and Utilizing the Non-Human World" into two exhaustive and mutually exclusive categories. The first focuses on directly altering, extracting from, cultivating, and managing the planet's inherent geological, biological, and energetic systems (e.g., agriculture, mining, direct energy harnessing, water management). The second focuses on the design, construction, manufacturing, and operation of complex artificial systems, technologies, and built environments that human intelligence creates from these processed natural elements (e.g., civil engineering, manufacturing, software development, robotics, power grids). Together, these two categories cover the full spectrum of how humans actively reshape and leverage the non-human realm.
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From: "Creating and Advancing Human-Engineered Superstructures"
Split Justification: ** This dichotomy fundamentally separates human-engineered superstructures based on their primary mode of existence and interaction. The first category encompasses all tangible, material structures, machines, and physical networks built by humans. The second covers all intangible, computational, and data-based architectures, algorithms, and virtual environments that operate within the digital realm. Together, these two categories comprehensively cover the full spectrum of artificial systems and environments humans create, and they are mutually exclusive in their primary manifestation.
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From: "Engineered Physical Constructs and Infrastructures"
Split Justification: This dichotomy distinguishes between the large-scale, often fixed, and interconnected physical systems that form the fundamental backbone and enabling environment for human activity and society (e.g., transportation networks, utility grids, major public facilities), versus the more discrete, often mobile, and purpose-specific physical constructs and objects designed for direct operational use, individual function, or localized habitation within or upon these foundational systems (e.g., vehicles, tools, machinery, appliances, individual dwellings).
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From: "Foundational Infrastructure Systems"
Split Justification: This dichotomy fundamentally separates foundational infrastructure systems based on their primary function. The first category encompasses systems dedicated to the provision, distribution, and treatment of essential physical resources (e.g., energy, water) and core services (e.g., waste management, physical communication backbones). The second category comprises systems primarily designed to facilitate the physical movement of people and goods, and to structure broad physical access and connectivity within human settlements and across regions (e.g., transportation networks, public access infrastructure). These two functions are distinct, mutually exclusive, and together comprehensively cover the scope of foundational infrastructure.
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From: "Mobility and Spatial Access Systems"
Split Justification: This dichotomy fundamentally separates mobility and spatial access systems based on their primary purpose: facilitating the physical movement and access of human beings versus facilitating the transportation and distribution of physical goods and resources. These distinct primary functions lead to differing infrastructure design, operational priorities, and network configurations, yet together they comprehensively cover the entire scope of engineered systems enabling mobility and spatial access.
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From: "Goods and Resource Logistics Systems"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates the engineered physical systems primarily focused on the continuous movement of goods and resources over distances (transportation networks) from those primarily focused on their temporary holding, processing, and transfer at specific locations (storage and distribution hubs). These two categories represent distinct yet complementary functional components of logistics infrastructure, together comprehensively covering all physical means of managing and moving goods and resources, and are mutually exclusive in their primary operational mode.
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From: "Goods and Resource Transportation Networks"
Split Justification: This dichotomy fundamentally separates goods and resource transportation networks based on the primary physical medium and domain they utilize for continuous movement. The first category encompasses networks that operate on or beneath the Earth's solid surface (e.g., roads, railways, pipelines). The second category includes networks that utilize fluid mediums, namely water (oceans, rivers) and air (atmosphere). These two categories are mutually exclusive in their primary operational domain and comprehensively cover all physical means of transporting goods and resources over distances.
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From: "Land-Based Goods and Resource Networks"
Split Justification: This dichotomy fundamentally separates land-based goods and resource networks based on their primary mechanism of transport. The first category encompasses systems that rely on the movement of discrete vehicles (e.g., trucks, trains) along prepared terrestrial pathways. The second category includes systems designed for the continuous, typically unidirectional, flow of bulk materials or fluids through fixed, often enclosed, conduits (e.g., pipelines, conveyor belts). These distinct operational mechanisms are mutually exclusive and together comprehensively cover all engineered land-based networks for goods and resource movement.
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From: "Pipeline and Conduit Networks"
Split Justification: This dichotomy fundamentally separates pipeline and conduit networks based on their primary mechanism of material movement. The first category encompasses networks where materials (liquids, gases, slurries, or dry bulk solids) are propelled by the flow dynamics of a fluid medium (liquid or gas, including air pressure). The second category includes networks that physically carry bulk solids using continuous mechanical components such as belts or chains. These two operational principles are mutually exclusive and together comprehensively cover all engineered land-based networks for continuous goods and resource movement.
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Topic: "Mechanical Conveyance Networks" (W7374)