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A Tribute to Chaos

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Studying helps us to understand the world better, and your existence probably. So if I don’t have a book by me at all times and I’m following some reading pattern I assure myself I’m at a perpetual state of chaos. Musing over it brought me closer to the science of Chaos Theory. So a guy named Lorenz somewhere around 70’s made a conceivable idea of simplifying down the complex systems of the nature which at this current day is defying lines right from weather to the economics. Practically it can be applied anywhere, from your life to computer systems as well. There are several underlying concepts that govern chaotic behaviour. And if you so succeed in understanding those, it is somewhat evident to predict an unpredictable system. Such as weather. Sensitivity On Initial Conditions is a favourite concept popularly known as the ‘Butterfly Effect, as per which if the initial point in the system is same over a period of time , irrelevant of what magnitude of dynamics follow we can attain ...

The Awkward Duckling : A note on Survivor

Chuck Palahniuk may not be everyone's cup of  tea. With him , it's obvious what you're about to read has to be gruesome and grotesque in some way or the other. The book opens with the scene, where Mr Tender Branson  is narrating all the melodies that have struck a note in his not so happening and morbid life to a black box of a plane gone out of control. Since all younger sons of the Creedish 'Death Cult' are destined to become house cleaner, half past the book you will be thoroughly entertained with the intricate description of the routine meticulously written in Mr Branson's daily planner. Who even assists people on their already depressed lives and convince then to commit suicide on his infamously running hotline. Story halfway through gets a romantic twist when tender falls deeper into confusion spending time with a psychic woman, who stays committed to him when he takes on the national television to become a media cult. That's when things spiral out of...