“As we have pursued our examination of the parallels between the physical forces that enable the various states of matter to exist and the corresponding elements in human social systems, we have come to believe that emotions serve much the same bonding purposes for the development and maintenance of the various forms of human organization. The primary focus of this article is on human psycho social systems that most closely resemble crystalline solids, that is, structured hierarchical organizations such governments, military organizations, and for-profit businesses.”

“Although human behavior can be significantly more complex than molecular behavior and there has not yet been direct correspondence between the two demonstrated, we believe there are sufficient similarities that many of the lessons learned and facts discovered from the study of molecular physics and thermodynamics can provide new and useful insights into relationships among humans.”

“What follows is an effort to draw an analogy between what is known about the physics, chemistry, bonding forces, and phase behavior of atoms and molecules in states of matter and the aspects of human relationships and emotional forces that operate to shape and maintain organizational structures. These concepts are presented as a set of ideas and suggestions that use natural language to help further the search for a mathematically formulated, scientific model of these behavioral phenomena. [4] Preliminary scientific validation for these concepts can be found in [5] as applied to molecular systems.”