Please explain to me... what the hell is: synergy, time symmetry, arrow of time, chaos theory, systems theory. I really feel like I'm having a stroke reading those definitions on wiki as I simply do not understand them.
Posted Nov 6, 2022, 7:30 PM UTC
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I can do a couple of those...
Synergy is when the effect of combining things is greater than those things added together. Whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Like if you had 3 lasers that all output 100 units of light, but combining them you get 500 units of light.
Arrow of time is how we know which way time is flowing. It always flows in the direction of greater disorder in a closed system. Energy gets used up and becomes unavailable to do work, the order of a system decreases. Things start to all look the same without distinct areas of energy or matter. Things always move towards less order over time. So we know which way time is going.. it is going forward towards greater disorder.
Interesting, thank you... But what is a "system"? Wiki says - group of interrelated interdependent components. I still struggle to understand what the hell that is. English is my second language but even reading it in my native language doesn't bring further clarity.
Yeah, that's it. Just a group of interrelated parts. Like your body is a system and is made up of sub systems like your nervous system. Your house is a system. A car is a system. A computer is a system. The Earth. The solar system. The universe.
A system can be described as a set of rules, routines, and features that dictate the behavior of something.
Your Operating System controls the behavior of your computer or phone
The traffic system governs how you drive on the road and interact with other vehicles.
A Solar system is a star and all of the matter within its' gravitational well.