Gotta go Heidegger here. It's kinda simultaneous or superimposed
   rather. After all, who's asking the question? Who is answering?
   You're here asking. I'm here answering. We're a part of the very
   system we're describing. The map and the territory are one after
   all 'cause we're a part of it, inescapably.   In short, I don't
   think causality is a factor. There's no 1, then 2. or 2 then 1.
     Sort of a [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_thinking
   approach but somewhat more than that.

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