Systems' of Concepts, Their Complexity, and its Never-ending Loop

     I would like to start by saying, "yes, I know. That title is a bit outrageous". But let’s be honest here. It does make you think about what I'm referring to. All concepts known to man are based on systems. Systems, some kind of structure with defined parts, in a sense. Take the spoken language for example (yes, I mean any language known to humans), It has pieces that make it up. Pieces to better understand a whole. Words, sentences, sentence structure, grammar, etc. These are a few of the things that make up Language for example. Regardless of what makes it up, it does have an underlying system. You can apply this concept to anything known in the universe. It's more than just concepts and ideas that have these systems but also all physical things known to exist. It doesn't matter how simple or complex one may think the item or idea is, it has a system, or parts that make it whole. Actually, the definition of something complex, the thing that makes it complex, is having many many intricate parts that make up a whole. As you read on let’s continue to apply this definition, all things known are complex (or has an underlying system).

    This belief, or theory that all things known in the universe has a system, does have a common factor. That common factor is the human mind. Perhaps the concept of systems, is just created from the humans need to understand it's external reality, the physical world and the concepts that encompasses it. We give the things we observe meaning. Colors, shapes, texture, sizes, bright, dim, dark, light, ethnicity, nationality, even race; All these things have one common factor, the human ability (or is it a need?)  to systemize its external reality for better understanding.  We group and we categorize. In-depth understanding of something is just this "grouping and categorizing" done repeatedly until there is nothing left to break apart. In a way, this is the same fundamental concept used in most fields in science. To understand something, you must give value to it first, you must define it first. And to define something, is to "group and categorize". Now would you look at that, another system. 

    Honestly, it’s quite interesting the more you think about it. What makes up anything at all? what makes up this thing which we call "Space"? And I don't mean the space above and around the earth where other celestial objects reside (planets and stars), I mean the space that engulfs all. We are currently in that space surrounded by oxygen, surrounded by layers of mixtures of gases, surrounded by stars and planets which also reside in the exact same space. ALL of the universe and everything it encompasses shares one single space known as "Space". That is what I truly believe space is. But what are the pieces that make up this underlying system/concept known as "Space"? Now that is the question we still don't know the answer to, the thing that can't be "grouped and categorized". But for now, I will continue to ponder and learn. In the future as I obtain more knowledge, I will share my thoughts further.  

    

 


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