6/11/18 Ordered Chaos

From the Collins English Dictionary:

ordered chaos: A complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals.

So it seems to me there's a movement toward chaos and at the same time a pull toward order to balance it out. That is pretty much what I got from the reading handout Chaos- A Science of Process. It talks about Autopoiesis and Entropy.  It says, "Thre are two forces in the universe that govern the creation and dissolution of order and disorder. Autopoiesis is the spontaneous emergence and maintenance of order from a disordered context. Entropy is the spontaneous breakdown of order, or creation of disorder, from an ordered context. These two forces balance each other in an ongoing harmonious dance, much like the Yin and Yang int he traditional Chinese Tai Chi symbol." It kind of reminds me of when we work to make out kitchen orderly for example, and for a short time it seems that way but in no time at all everything is in disarray again. Chaos is all around us. Chaos to order, simplicity to complexity. E=MC2 a simple equation to explain so much complexity. As I was searching for some articles for ordered chaos I ran into some TED talk videos which describes turbulent flow and laminant flow. Turbulence is good as it spreads things out and can cool something down. However is aerodynamics turbulence is not good. Turbulence creates drag and resistance. Laminant flow there is less drag. This seemed really interesting to me and seems to relate to the idea of order and chaos. Turbulence is chaotic and laminent flow is more ordered? Laminent  or laminar flow in which a gas or liquid flows in a smooth, regular path in contrast to turbulent flow which undergoes irregular fluctuations and mixing according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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