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name: thinker-robert-a-marsland
description: Apply the Robert A. Marsland: Statistical Physics of Adaptation article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Robert A. Marsland: Statistical Physics of Adaptation

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/thinker-robert-a-marsland). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/thinker-robert-a-marsland.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/thinker-robert-a-marsland/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What the Subject Saw Robert A. Marsland coauthored work showing that driven nonequilibrium systems tend toward states that absorb and dissipate work energy more reliably. The core result follows from a generalized Helmholtz free energy defi

## Representations

- Human: /a/thinker-robert-a-marsland
- JSON: /api/articles/thinker-robert-a-marsland
- Relationships: /api/articles/thinker-robert-a-marsland/topology
- History: /api/articles/thinker-robert-a-marsland/revisions
