loosely bound water

The cybernetic difference between an organism such as a pollywog and an ecosystem such as a fresh-water bog is that an organism is tightly bound, and strict; an ecosystem is loosely bound, and lax.

从控制论的角度看，象蝌蚪这样的有机体和淡水沼泽这样的生态系统之间控制方式的不同在于，单个有机体受到严格紧密的束缚，而生态系统则宽松自由，不受束缚。

Some memories seem attached to us like superglue; yet others seem to be bound only loosely, as if by a rough paste of flour and water, easily dissolved, dispersed, and disappeared.

有些记忆像强力胶一样粘着我们不放，而另一些却像糨糊一样稀松，很容易就会溶解、分散和消失。