长周期重现的科学革命是构成人类天性的一种现象。 营业性公司也有这样的周期。由伊贾格 ·阿迪兹博士（ Ichak Adizes ）撰写的《企业的生命周期 》（1988 ）描述了一家公司的生命周期。阿迪兹博士在他作为一个商业顾问漫长的职业生涯中所观察的企业的 营业阶段，包括（ 1） “求爱期 ”；（ 2） “幼年期 ”；（ 3） “走走期 ”；（ 4） “青春期 ”；（ 5） “黄金期 ”；（ 6） “贵族期 ”；（ 7） “官僚期 ”。

横批：“官僚主义”；牌子：“请到下一窗口”。

There are interesting parallels between the "aristocracy" phase of a business and the prevailing paradigm of a science establishment when it is at the peak of its powers and influence. There are also striking parallels between the "bureaucracy" phase of a declining business and when the old guard of a prevailing scientific paradigm is losing ground to the young rebels with a new model.

处于 “贵族 ”阶段的企业与权力和影响力处于高峰期间的 “科学共同体 ”普遍范式之间存在着有趣的可比之处。处于 “官僚 ”阶段已开始衰退的生意，与推出新的模型的青少年反叛分子的争斗中正在失利的一个普遍范式老一代卫道士之间亦有惊人的相似之处。

There are also striking parallels between the "bureaucracy" phase of a declining business and when the old guard of a prevailing scientific paradigm is losing ground to the young rebels with a new model.

During the "early bureaucracy" phase of a business, the organization becomes an end in itself, group-think prevails, and the customers become an annoying distraction from the obsession of the corporate zombies with in-group cliques. The firm loses business to its competitors because it no longer is interested in its customers. The corresponding phase of a science establishment is when the in-group has lost interest in science and fights for the prevailing paradigm solely for their own preservation. This is where the evolution establishment seems to be right now. They excel at polemical battle against the young rebels of intelligent design, but often perform poorly in debates with intelligent design scientists if the moderator insists that the debaters confine their comments to science.

一项业务处于 “早期官僚 ”阶段期间，从事该项生意的这个（企业）组织成为了本身的最终目标，小集团思维开始弥漫，对痴迷的法人同组朋党而言，客户反倒成为一个恼人分心的事。 该公司不断失去业务给其竞争对手，因为它对它的顾客已不再有兴趣。与此 阶段相应的 “科学共同体 ”，此阶段他们在集团内已失去对科学的兴趣，为捍卫普遍范式的斗争已经纯粹为保存自己的存在的斗争。生物进化论的共同体目前似乎处于这种阶段 他们比生物智能设计的年轻的反叛分子更善于论辩对抗，但在辩论中与生物智能设计科学家之间的斗争中往往业绩不佳，如果主持人坚持争论的双方必须将它们之间的争论局限于科学的话。

During the late bureaucracy phase of a business, an internecine war breaks out among departments. Each department has becomes an end in itself and the business as a whole has become a secondary concern. Such a firm is nearing failure, of course. I have heard anecdotal reports of an internecine war between evolutionists who believe in "punctuated equilibrium" and evolutionists who oppose this view. Advocates of "punctuated equilibrium" hold that in accordance with the fossil record, species stasis is the norm for long periods, and is punctuated by sudden species changes. The evolution establishment seems to be almost as hostile towards punctuated equilibrium as it is towards intelligent design science.

在一个企业处于官僚主义后阶段期间，该企业部门与部门之间爆发自相残杀的战争。 各部门已成为本身的业务的终结目的，对企业作为一个整体的考虑已降低为他们次要的关注。 这样一个企业当然已经接近其失败。 我听到过相信 “非连续性均衡 ”与反对这种看法的生物进化论者之间自相残杀的传闻轶事。 主张 “非连续性均衡 ”的支持者，根据化石记录认为，物种停滞很长时期看来是生物进化的正常规范，因物种的突然变化而非连续性。生物进化论共同体 intelligent design science.似乎对非连续性平衡与生物智能设计科学同样敌视。

接续篇：-> 12) The war escalates 战争升级