# Chaos Theory. Is it correct? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 7, 1999, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaos-theory-is-it-correct/2473 "1999-10-07T16:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GuanYu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@GuanYu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanYu)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 1999, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaos-theory-is-it-correct/2473/1 "1999-10-07T16:48:00Z")
I’d like to know the opinions of the posters about Chaos Theory. Do you believe that there is hidden organization to seemingly random systems? * * * “ADD people don’t suffer fools gladly” –anonymous ---
**Author:** ![GuanYu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@GuanYu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanYu)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 1999, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaos-theory-is-it-correct/2473/2 "1999-10-07T16:54:00Z")
Sorry. I forgot to show my signature, and some odd fancy bade me to attempt to stop it being sent in order to add the signature. Duhhhhrrrr… ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaos-theory-is-it-correct/2473/3 "1999-10-08T05:00:00Z")
Why the fuck is this in the pit anyway, GuanYu? -andros- * * * “Listen Children Eternal Father Eternally One!” Exceptions? None! -Doc Bronner ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaos-theory-is-it-correct/2473/4 "1999-10-08T05:56:00Z")
I know they want to take over the world, but Max and 99 were usually able to thwart Siegfried. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 1999, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaos-theory-is-it-correct/2473/5 "1999-10-07T18:07:00Z")
Sigh. Where’s that Cone of Silence when you need it? -andros- * * * “Listen Children Eternal Father Eternally One!” Exceptions? None! -Doc Bronner ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 1999, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaos-theory-is-it-correct/2473/6 "1999-10-07T18:19:00Z")
I thought the organization spelled its name “Kaos”, with a K. ---
**Author:** ![Therealbubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@Therealbubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Therealbubba)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 1999, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaos-theory-is-it-correct/2473/7 "1999-10-07T23:34:00Z")
If I told you it was correct, then it wouldn’t be a fucking theory anymore, would it? Therealbubba ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 1999, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaos-theory-is-it-correct/2473/8 "1999-10-07T23:36:00Z")
No–that trial you had with SanibelMan is the perfect counterexample. ---
**Author:** ![BenDover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@BenDover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BenDover)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaos-theory-is-it-correct/2473/9 "1999-10-08T15:03:00Z")
Lynn, I’m bringing this to the top for you - maybe you want to shut this one down too?zs * * * The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. - Henry Van Dyke ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaos-theory-is-it-correct/2473/10 "1999-10-09T06:59:00Z")
Dang, two of them? Since this one seems to be misplaced, I’m just going to close it, not move it. I’ll delete it in a few days, if I think of it. Lynn/SDStaff Lynn For the Straight Dope