Principles of Insufficiency and Sufficiency Don Allen Science or no science, every subject has its principles. Basically a principle is a rule or guideline. The principles of buoyancy, behavior, conformity, and democracy are familiar. In this note, we consider a very special category of principles, those infused with the terms insufficient and sufficient as modifiers. Then, we create a new principle (insufficient action) which seemingly has an appropriate value for our day. As we’ll see, such principles often form the basis of a theory on the strong side or a hope on the weak side. Yet, they offer some truly interesting distinctions, qualifications, or requirements. Note. As a rule, insufficient usually means not enough , though it can mean that what is thought to be not enough is actually quite enough. Also a rule, sufficient often implies a need or requirement for some additional components for compliance. For example, the Principle of Sufficient
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