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In a world that often feels like it’s spinning out of control—where inequality, division, and authoritarian tendencies seem to be on the rise—trying to understand how society works and how we can make a difference can feel overwhelming. The work of T.R. Young offers a fresh way to look at these challenges. He uses Chaos…
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How Malicious Actors Weaponize Non-Linear Social Dynamics The previous articles explored Chaos Theory as a blueprint for positive change, emphasizing how small acts of human agency can ripple outward to shape a fairer future. But non-linear dynamics are a double-edged sword. For every act of genuine connection that builds community resilience, there is a calculated…
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Core Idea: Human behavior arises from a chaotic, non-linear interplay of individual actions, collective paradigms, and an underlying holistic order, modeled with quantum-like principles and informed by chaos theory. Drawing from T.R. Young’s chaos and non-linear socio-dynamics, behavior is not fully predictable but exhibits strange attractors—patterns that emerge from conflict, power struggles, and social turbulence.…
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We all know from our Science Fiction studies into Time Travel, that small changes in the past have a radical effect on the present. And we have seen how malicious actors have been manipulating our society using Chaos to their advantage. But how many of us consider how small actions in the present can have…
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The Bifurcation of Consensual Reality Through Disinformation and Chaos Dynamics Chaos theory, with its focus on sensitive dependence on initial conditions, nonlinear dynamics, and the emergence of unpredictable patterns from seemingly small changes, offers a compelling lens to explore how malicious actors might have fractured consensual reality. Here’s a proposed theory, followed by speculation on…
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Chaos and the Science of Consciousness. Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm theory has been adapted to a nonlinear dynamical model by sociologist TR Young (Young, Paradigm) and others, and they have observed that “truth” is not absolute. In the realms of nuance between “facts” (Briggs/Peat p.194) are multiple fractal convolutions of truth that range in value between…
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Chaos in Art and Cultural Practice. Part 2: Embracing Chaos … Continued from Part 1 Chaos theory is the study of simple iterative formulae that produce complex, unpredictable results. In common usage the word “chaos” implies disorder or randomness but this sense it means an underlying, unpredictable order from which patterns emerge over time. Those…
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Chaos in Art and Cultural Practice Part 1: How Math Affects Art and Perception. For some it may be difficult to imagine how developments in mathematics have affected the evolution of the arts and the course of culture, let alone how they may change our own practice and how we contextualize our work. What does…