Synergetics is the empirical study of systems in transformation, with an emphasis on total
system behavior unpredicted by the behavior of any isolated components, including
humanity’s role as both participant and observer. Since systems are identifiable at every scale from the quantum level to the cosmic, and
humanity both articulates the behavior of these systems and is composed of these systems, synergetics is a very broad discipline, and embraces a broad range of scientific and philosophical studies.