on pattern

 (another take on the pattern of order by physicist David Bohm)

Thus far, the term order has been used in a number of contexts that are more or less known to everyone, so its meaning can be seen relatively clearly from its usage. The notion of order, however, is evidently relevant in much broader contexts. Thus, we do not restrict orders to any regular arrangement of objects or forms in lines or in rows( eg. as with grids). Rather, we can consider much more general orders, such as the order of growth of a living being, the order of evolution of living species, the order of society, the order of a musical composition, the order of painting, and the order which constitutes the meaning of communication, etc. If we wish to inquire into such broader contexts, the notion of order to which we have referred earlier in this chapter will evidently no longer be adequate. We, therefore, led to the general question: 'What is order?'

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In this way, we are led to make an important change in the general language of description. We no longer use the term "disorder" but instead, we distinguish between different degrees of order ( going on step by step to those that have generally been called 'random').

It is important to add here that the order is not to be identified with predictability. Predictability is a property of a special kind of order such that a few steps determine the whole order but can be completed and subtle orders which are not in essence related to predictability (e.g. a good painting is highly ordered, and yet this order does not permit one part to be predicted from another)...

-David Bohm in the chapter-quantum theory as an indication of a new order.

4Sudheesh Kumar, Radhakrishnan A and 2 others