Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7363290" data-attributes="member: 4937">I don't see how that follows.The advantage of Chaos over Law is that it doesn't have all of its eggs in one basket.&nbsp; In the event of a crisis, almost certainly some of the chaotic cult is going to die.&nbsp;&nbsp; But because there is great diversity, it's highly likely that if only by random chance, someone is going to adopt a winning strategy.&nbsp;&nbsp; Chaos handles change by evolving, and it evolves really really well and really really quickly.&nbsp; Law on the other hand tries to prepare for every eventuality.&nbsp;&nbsp; As long as it is not an excession level event, law is probably better prepared overall than chaos is.&nbsp;&nbsp; Where law tends to flop is when it encounters something that's completely outside of anything it's previously imagined.&nbsp; Even then, law still has an advantage in that the community will tend to pull together rather than coming apart.&nbsp;&nbsp; But even that still requires a wise leader to provide guidance, which again means all the eggs are in one basket.&nbsp;&nbsp; Faced with a wholly unexpected extinction level event, I'd expect chaos to handle it better than law.&nbsp; Of course, if the universe really is lawful, then it's impossible for it to generated a wholly unexpected event that law would not have prepared for.&nbsp;&nbsp; The question of course then is, &quot;Is the universe lawful?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Because if it isn't, then chaos will win in the end.&nbsp;&nbsp; (And conversely, on the other hand if it is really lawful, then chaos will ultimately hit a streak of bad luck, and be eliminated.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7363290, member: 4937"] I don't see how that follows. The advantage of Chaos over Law is that it doesn't have all of its eggs in one basket. In the event of a crisis, almost certainly some of the chaotic cult is going to die. But because there is great diversity, it's highly likely that if only by random chance, someone is going to adopt a winning strategy. Chaos handles change by evolving, and it evolves really really well and really really quickly. Law on the other hand tries to prepare for every eventuality. As long as it is not an excession level event, law is probably better prepared overall than chaos is. Where law tends to flop is when it encounters something that's completely outside of anything it's previously imagined. Even then, law still has an advantage in that the community will tend to pull together rather than coming apart. But even that still requires a wise leader to provide guidance, which again means all the eggs are in one basket. Faced with a wholly unexpected extinction level event, I'd expect chaos to handle it better than law. Of course, if the universe really is lawful, then it's impossible for it to generated a wholly unexpected event that law would not have prepared for. The question of course then is, "Is the universe lawful?" Because if it isn't, then chaos will win in the end. (And conversely, on the other hand if it is really lawful, then chaos will ultimately hit a streak of bad luck, and be eliminated.) [/QUOTE]

Verification