No, not that kind.
The recent article posted to the list about how Goldman Sachs has manipulated the US economic and political systems to their great advantage over the years is an example of an intelligent design for a work-around to a set of system barriers. I recently saw another example of an intelligent design for a system work-around, presented in a comment on the current LANL blog:
"I learned a valuable lesson taking the newly required online sexual
harassment course. Find some way to make a claim of harassment at LANL
based on sex, race, age, religion, etc. Then, if LANL ever tries to
fire you for any reason, you'll have a strong case that it's
retaliation for making your previous harassment charge. Presto, instant
job protection for the rest of your life!"
Now that is a good example of an intelligent design for a risk management strategy! And for the fans of complexity buzz-words here, I'd like to suggest that this comment represents a fine example of emergent behavior...
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Doug Roberts
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