
I never saw the Cannonball Run movies, but I do know that Dom DeLuise played a character whose "secret identity" was Captain Chaos.
I knew a guy years ago that we called Captain Chaos, because that was what life was with him around.
I have a degree in Business Administration, and as you can imagine I took several courses in Economics. It was in those courses where I was introduced to the concept of ceteris paribus ("all other things being equal"), the idea that things work a certain way when you can hold all the other factors equal. And, generally, economic theory holds up pretty well even when other seemingly-unrelated factors do not hold still. Still, ceteris paribus is problematic because we know that more often than not those seemingly-unrelated factors have more to do with the outcomes than was originally thought. As such, economists are beginning to incorporate chaos theory into their theories to account for those seemingly-unrelated events that do, in fact, have an effect on the outcome of a theory. I really wish I understood it better… well, add that to the list…
Just so everyone knows, the word "chaos" was chosen by Robbie Ann Lewis, who has a blog with nothing on it. At press time, that was the only suggestion that had been made, so I went ahead and used it. If Linda, who’s running Just Jot It January, decides on something else, I’ll probably write another post, because that’s just the kind of guy I am. And now a word from Memorex cassettes, now with MRX₂ oxide. Is it live, or is it Memorex?
BA is my background too – I do agree chaos is more of the norm now 😉 (At least in healthcare and caring for elderly). Way to make it to the last prompt and shine all the way! I’m sorry I didn’t get around to reading every post. I was here in spirit!
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Chaos was probably prevalent in econiomics all along, and we just tried forcing some kind of “order” on it, which was generally a rule with many exceptions.
Thank you! The idea was to have fun, I think, and I had a ball…
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Yes it was/is! Constants are change and chaos – and people who think they know best how to control it. 😉
You sure did, that’s what counts!
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Right: the only thing we know for sure is that it’s gonna happen, and we dont know what, how or why it will. There are way too many factors…
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Thank you for another educational and interesting post! 💜💜
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Thanks for reading it!
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I enjoy your posts John 😁
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Oh gosh..I love Dom DeLuise who was great friends with Burt Reynolds. Chaos can come and go and I hope mine is gone for a while
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The one movie that they did that I didn’t care for was “The End,” but they were good together. Dom did a few movies with Mel Brooks, too, which were quite entertaining.
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I love that movie! It is macabre
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That it is…
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an interesting mix of information and entertainment )
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Thank you!
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