Nothing in the universe is ever static. Atoms move, objects crash, systems evolve, products are produced, cycles complete and restart, things are created and destroyed. Time moves forward, and everything is always rebalancing in dynamic positioning in relationships to their neighbours. But with all this movement and adjustment, gaps occur. Gaps are an important part of this methodology, because it’s the filling of the gaps that drives the universe onwards. But the universe is the greatest example of Zipf’s theory of least effort. If something isn’t a perfect match, but that something bridges the gap just enough for the system to continue in its cycle, then the system continues on, and the other parts of the system compensate to try and increase the systems ability to achieve greater optimisation. An example would be when my wife is running late for work, and requires a certain colour of earrings. Upon failure to find the correct earrings, a suitable but different pair are chosen, because they are quicker to locate, and solve the problem within a reasonable but incorrect alternative.
