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  • No. The definition of chaos is "a state of utter confusion or disorder". If there's order, it's not true chaos. That's just one of those phrases that sounds pretty.
  • Indeed. For if there was pure chaos, a state of pure randomness, that would imply that it is in a defined state, meaning there is order.
  • Yeah! Isn't the world chaotic? Famine, disease, wars, greed, intolerance, racism... But why do we still carry on? Why do we still love? Why do we still wanna live? It's because there is order, after all, amidst the chaos. Order that makes us feel life is still worth living in spite of the madness around us.
  • I believe that order comes from chaos.
  • Oh, the yin and yang thing. Yeah. What does it mean again? Something about the interdependence of opposites. And impurity. Lemme see, I always gotta figure it out on the fly, because I forget easily... There's no good without evil. Why? Because good has no meaning without the polarity good/evil which discriminates between the two. Up has no meaning without down. Same idea. That one is pretty obvious. Right/left, in/out, self/other, the list goes on. All polar opposites, same basic argument. But what's the opposite of chaos? Order, yes? What is chaos? It's when things get messy, disorganized. What's the extreme form of disorganization? If EVERYTHING is disorganized, say... 100% disorganized, then it's not possible to get any MORE disorganized, yes? Things are just as disorganized as they can possibly get. Like a teenager's bedroom, only waaaay worse. So imagine total disorder -- can't, no matter how you try, make it more disorderly. What do you have? You have uniformity -- that's what complete disorder is -- disorder everywhere is a form of order, because we've hit the limit in all sectors. So that's the little white circle embedded in the black part of the yin/yang symbol, when applied to disorder. So yeah, I agree. I just know I'll forget it in 20 seconds though.
  • As a co-author of the now famous "The Fundamental Laws of Chaos Dynamics" I can say that we proved that there is no such thing as true chaos, and that there is always order ... when we think something is chaotic or when we believe there is chaos, it is only because we are unable to recognize the patterns and the order, usually because of the extreme complexity of the ordered patterns.
  • Yes. Chaos follows the order of being in a state of disorder. When we say a thing is in chaos it is somewhat like a “confusion”, “unclear state”, “doubt”, “disorder” etc. Therefore the chaos word comes into play only when they these conditions are present. So it has an order that only these conditions are said to be as chaos.
  • According to the chaos theory there is no such thing in reality as chaos, but merely the unknown initial condition. If you don't know what started any action, you can't predict it's behavior, that doesn't mean it IS unpredicatble (chaos) only that you don't know enough about it. If there was true chaos in reality, nothing would exist as we know it, because chaos would prevail. Now let's talk about inertia.
  • No, order is a creation in which humans brought about. We humans created law and order. In chaos, there will be different things in which no human has ever experienced. So far, no human has yet to tell of what is chaos, but from hell of the Bible.
  • No. Chaos is the word we use to describe a scene of complete and absolute DISorder. Maybe the word you are looking for is 'anarchy"??
  • Chaos = Order - WUSTL physicists make baffling discovery: According to a computational study conducted by a group of physicists at Washington University in St. Louis, one may create order by introducing disorder. While working on their model — a network of interconnected pendulums, or "oscillators" — the researchers noticed that when driven by ordered forces the various pendulums behaved chaotically and swung out of sync like a group of intoxicated synchronized swimmers. This was unexpected — shouldn't synchronized forces yield synchronized pendulums? But then came the real surprise: When they introduced disorder — forces were applied at random to each oscillator — the system became ordered and synchronized. "The thing that is counterintuitive is that when you introduce disorder into the system — when the [forces on the pendulums] act at random — the chaos that was present before disappears and there is order," said Sebastian F. Brandt, Washington University physics graduate student in Arts & Sciences and lead author of the study, which appeared in the January 2006 edition of Physical Review Letters. Scientists have long been intrigued by the relationship between order and disorder, sometimes pointing to the emergence of life as an example of how order itself can arise from chaos. Insights into other realms The physicists' research is not only hard to grasp for non-physicists, but puzzling for physicists, too. As supervisor Ralf Wessel, Ph.D., Washington University associate professor of physics said, "Every physicist who hears this is surprised." Research on the role of disorder in complex systems is quite new and not well understood. Wessel hopes that one day its theoretical understanding will be better than it is today. Nevertheless, the researchers believe the model could provide insights outside the realm of theoretical physics. http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/6845.html The Order-Chaos Relationship in Complex Systems: One of the important findings of modern chaos theory is that seeds of order seem to be embedded in chaos, while seeds of chaos are apparently embedded in order. Systems that are stable in relation to their environment can become unstable. Systems that are unstable can return to stability. Another important finding is that the behavior of a system in stability and its behavior after becoming unstable are acausal. Webster's dictionary (1988) defines chaos as "the disorder of formless matter and infinite space, supposed to have existed before the ordered universe", and "extreme confusion or disorder." In terms of systems, chaos is a state space (the condition of any system at a given time) where a system exhibits disorder, confusion, uncertainty, or instability. The dictionary defines order as "a fixed or definite plan; system; law of arrangement." In terms of systems, order is a state space where a system exhibits clarity, certainty, or stability. Chaos and order can be considered polar opposites. We can go even farther here because, according to Çambel (1993), order and chaos, or determinism and chance, are like two sides of the same coin, and contrary to traditional thinking, there is no cause-and-effect relationship between the two. Most dynamic systems, and all living systems, are open. Our body, for example, is an open system (Atkins, 1984, p. 179). Modern chaos theory addresses complex systems, which are systems with a large number of interrelated parts. It also addresses dynamic systems. There are two main types of dynamic systems: discrete and continuous. Every complex system, and especially every living system (living systems are ususally refered to as self-organizing systems) is also a dissipative structure. Thus, not only our physical body itself is such a structure, but every organ and cell as well. The term itself expresses a paradox, because dissipative suggests falling apart or chaos, while structure suggests organization and order. http://www.schuelers.com/chaos/chaos1.htm A living being requires adaptation to the changing conditions of external and internal environment. French physiologist Claude Bernard proposed the law of Homeostasis which states that constancy (or stability) of internal environment is a necessary condition for a living being. It uses it's internal autonomous regulation systems to accomplish this task. It may be noted here that the very logic of 'constancy' prohibits development with time required for a living being. In feedback control systems of Electrical Engineering, existence of a negative component is a must, and it is used as feedback to obtain automatic control of a system. Accordingly, development (or growth) should be called a 'disturbance' (or deviation) of constancy, and it is programmed in the genes of a living being for continuation of the species. The law of deviation of Homeostasis was developed in 1979 by Soviet physiologist V.M. Dilman. If these two fundamental laws are of opposite nature, then the biological system requires a balancing mechanism. The Hindu Upanishads speak of three Gunas - Satwa Guna, Rajo Guna and Tamo guna. Tamas (darkness, lethargy) represents chaos. Rajas (activity, restlessness) represents the constant quest for order. Homeostasis is to be likened to Tamas because it has inherent characteristic to become lethargic. Deviation of Homeostasis is likened to Rajas which tries to bring order in chaos. Satwa is the force which maintains balance or harmony between the two fundamental energies Rajas and Tamas. The Yin and Yang theory of Taoism speaks of the two dominant energies Tamas and Rajas. But it misses the the concept of the force Satwa which maintains the harmony and balance between the two. These concepts have implications in psychology. The will to remain as bachelors represents Homeostasis or Tamo Guna. Sexual activity in marriage represents Deviation of Homeostasis or Rajo Guna. It has now been scientifically proved that love is more powerful than sexual relationships - love represents Satwa Guna. http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/563307 In quest of pure form of this love, philosophers of the yore proposed Platonic love. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_love
  • There is actually more order in chaos than in actual order. There are patterns in chaos that make it possible to figure out the results within a certain range. It is when a system is in perfect order that one little thing out of place can create havoc. Where there is already chaos, nothing can come in and screw it up, but will fit in just fine!
  • yes, thats the basis of chaos theory. there is no such as chaos, just a pattern that we cannot yet understand

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