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"There is no chaos in the universe." Q.E.D.
Tom Brosz — (archived)

I don't remember the exact source of an old-time theory, but it stipulated that, theoretically, if you knew the position and motion of every particle in the universe, then everything could be predetermined.

Sorry, don't work that way.

Chaos in the real world is, for lack of a better definition, when the variables and number of events are so extensive that there is no possible way of determining all of the exact happenings. It does not necessarily imply massive disorder or destruction. There is no way to track every one of the interactions of an ecosystem in real time, but obviously a certain stability is there.

Doesn't mean the end summation, or macro, is chaotic either. Nobody can tell the exact states of every atom of a brick, but you can lay pretty heavy odds that if you put that brick on a table, it's still going to be a brick the next day.

Go with Manuel Garcia O'Kelly's view of these things: "I don't know Who is cranking; I'm pleased He doesn't stop."

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