>mav:..our tendency to make patterns- Jackie:..a very strong tendency to make things fit into a recognizable pattern<
one of my favorite sayings is "gifted minds find order in disorder"
(i am not the neatest person in the world, and i use this as an excuse--my house isn't messy--you're just not clever enough to find the order!)
but finding order or patterns is a human way of dealing with things... I see one arising from the other..
In the beginning, there was a void, nothingness, and god created light..
When there is chaos, the first way we deal with it, is to find some identifiable part, and then start making patterns, (and the light was called day, and the darkness night!)
so while chaos is frightening, is enleashes our creativity. (and yes, i do find the thread chaotic at times, but oh such wonderful chaos!)
If you belive in god, (or at least the judeo/christian version), god created all, and we, in god's image, try to do the same. otherwise, humans are just inherently in need of order, and do it on there own-- but i do think it is a basic human trait.
