Prologue continued: Yes, this applies to your life

In mathematics, chaos theory describes the behavior of certain dynamical systems – that is, systems whose states evolve with time – that may exhibit dynamics that are highly sensitive to initial conditions (popularly referred to as the butterfly effect). As a result of this sensitivity, which manifests itself as an exponential growth of perturbations in the initial conditions, the behavior of chaotic systems appears to be random. This happens even though these systems are deterministic, meaning that their future dynamics are fully defined by their initial conditions, with no random elements involved, this behavior is known as deterministic chaos, or simply chaos.

Chaotic behavior is also observed in natural systems, such as the weather. This may be explained by a chaos-theoretical analysis of a mathematical model of such a system, embodying the laws of physics that are relevant for the natural system. -Wikipedia "Chaos Theory"5/12/2009 (this is not my favorite definition by far, but it will work)

I would like to continue my last post first, before I collapse the coming thoughts into form. I'm sure many of you, except the true geeks, won't have much interest in Chaos Theory and how it might apply to your life. Needless to say, your reaction may be that of indifference, or perhaps you have a story playing in your head that tells you that you can never understand this stuff (stuff = anything smart sounding). Well let me reassure you, I have no intention of walking with the greats of mathematical theorem or the rhetoric that they are bound by. I'm not here to baffle you with bullshit just to sound smart. I'm only a visitor here myself, a visitor on a tour, and a guide with a map. 

It occurred to me that for a very long time now humanity has been living under the segregation of scientific knowledge. A hierarchy if you will, those who had the money, motivation, curiosity, and time held the latest discoveries. Even in today's instant information society, the true research into the most hidden and fascinating processes of our existence are done in universities and corporations behind doors closed by propriety. Of course things are on the change, as the Internet becomes more and more live. It also seems there are some of us who's natural curiosity has been switched off. Looking at all the chaos and stimulation in our lives though, why not? Who gives a fuck about some of the insane math that goes into this stuff. Predicting weather patterns? Christ, give me a smoke and a bottle of bourbon. The dope of the masses is religion: what does this stuff have to do with any of that? It's what we've been lacking, true understanding of what science has been doing for the last 300 years, and how it applies to life. We've gotten so caught up in "Practical Application" (how can we monetize this and failing that, how do we use it to blow you up?)  of research that we've forgotten what practical really means.

In the following posts, I will attempt to demystify the mystified, bring psychology and sociology a new understanding, and collapse mathematics and religion into something non-mystic. 

-That'll be enough for now