There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns. If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself. What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't recognized. What we call random is just patterns we can't decipher. what we can't understand we call nonsense. What we can't read we call gibberish. There is no free will. There are no variables. .Chuck Palahniuk
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The notion that there are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, that affect other patterns, that are hidden by patterns within patterns, that are within the patterns that affect other patterns, is a core part of the understanding of chaos theory. The idea is that if you take a system and look at every possible outcome of every possible decision made over time, you will see an infinite number of possibilities. The only way to make sense of these infinite possibilities is to project them onto a two dimensional sheet of paper where you can compare the potential outcomes with each other. By doing this, you break the system down into all its components; you can then make predictions about how each component will behave in relation to other components.
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