CHAOS, COMPLEXITY AND DETERMINISM. The phenomenon of chaotic motion has for some time been considered a mathematical oddity but physicists have come to discover that chaotic behavior is universal. Determinism is the philosophical belief that every event or action is the inevitable result of preceding events and actions. In principle, every event or action can be completely predicted in advance, or in retrospect. Determinism became incorporated into modern science around the year 1500 A.D. with the establishment of the idea that cause-and-effect rules completely govern all motion and structure on the material level. According to the deterministic model of science, the universe unfolds in time like the workings of a perfect machine, without a shred of randomness or deviation from the predetermined laws.The person most closely associated with the establishment of determinism at the core of modern science is Isaac Newton. Thus, Newton's three laws of motion.
CHAOS ya'll, from the Greek word Khaos. Chaos was considered by the Greeks the original void of existence, although sometimes described as being a confusing, shapeless entity (take a look around you) which was later ordered, creating the cosmos. Big Al does not want to confuse ya'll but if you apply dialectical theory to chaos you might have a betta understanding OF WHAT'S OCCURING IN THIS SCREWED UP WORLD. There's only one thing we can depend on in this mess, that things change, and change is generated out of chaos. You LINUX geeks, check out A Bazaar at the Edge of Chaos. Whoda thunk they woulda used the principles of chaos and complexity to create that particular piece of kick-mass machinery. Big Al loves chaos. Out of chaos comes the only stability in the universe, change, and change is good. JA!
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