I think that the fact that a theory so vague, so insufficiently verifiable, and so far from the criteria otherwise applied in "hard" science, could become a dogma, can be explained only on sociological grounds.
Ludwig von BertalanffyConsidering the inconceivable complexity of processes even in a simple cell, it is little short of a miracle that the simplest possible model - namely, a linear equation between two variables - actually applies in quite a general number of cases.
Ludwig von BertalanffyProgress is only possible by passing from a state of undifferentiated wholeness to differentiation of parts.
Ludwig von BertalanffyPeople are not machines, but in all situations where they are given the opportunity, they will act like machines.
Ludwig von Bertalanffy