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0 pointsxapata1y ago0 comments

If only that weren't called a "cycle" as if it had a predictable periodicity.

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kelseyfrog1y ago· 1 in thread

It has inevitability, but you're right, not predictable periodicity. Is predictable periodicity a necessary part of a cycle? I feel like the rise and fall of nations is a cycle, but not necessarily one of predictable periodicity.

xapataOP1y ago

If not predictability, then regularity, and I believe that's a fundamental misunderstanding -- the system is chaotic.

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