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CHAOSMOSIS is a neologism that I coined in 1986/87
while teaching
natural science/ecology to grade schoolers and studying Dyanmic
Systems and Evolutionary Theory
on Cape Cod, Massachusetts...CHAOS (stable but
non-linear behavior) + OSMOSIS (fluid concentration
equilibrium via movement across
a semi-permeable membrane)...I defined the word thus: The
osmotic-like
absorption/integration of chaotic behavior and flux, given a similar
(dynamic/variable)
environment. However, in my thinking and writing,
I came to apply the term to both physical
and psychological 'structures'
and behaviors. Essentially, chaosmosis is an adaptive
strategy,
both physical and mental, given an environment of continuous flux. In 1992, my
last
notebook (completed) of developed thinking and ruminations on this idea was
lost on a train into
Boston. It was never returned to me. I mark that day as the
official dissemination of my 'conceptual
baby', and, from time to time, I would
ponder as to its fate, all alone out there, in the harsh world
of strange ideas.
-- M.R. (see the essay: The Other Chaosmosis on my essay page)
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