The principle of Uniformity

We find chaos everywhere. When a bus arrives at a bus stop, ten people get into the bus pushing each other. Some manage to get in and rest have to wait for another bus. When a local train arrives at the station, many try to get into it and many  others try to get it. By looking at the people at the station, it is impossible to tell  who is going where. We never know what will happen to us in the next moment. If we pick up ten random things around us, they are likely to be made of ten or more different materials.   Chaotic behaviour can be observed in all the objects and events around us.

But, we can still observe uniformity in this chaotic universe. We find chaos in bus stops and railway stations. In-spite of all the chaos, people manage to reach their destination. Each object we see can different, yet all of then are made of same building blocks (electrons and protons). Everyday, the sun rises and sets in an uniform way. The planets move around the sun in an uniform way. If the motion of planets were chaotic, definition of day, year or any time period would have been illogical. In science we learn many formulae which represent uniformity in this chaotic universe. Can the processes of nature be represented by simple formulae? If so, why there is chaos? Is there chaos or uniformity or both have independent existence?

I believe there is uniformity. Chaos lies in our understanding. The goal of human life is to find the uniformity. When we are born, we do not understand anything. Everything we see around us is chaos. As we grow, we learn new things and begin to understand things around us. Generations come and go,  adding their bit to our understanding. Today we can claim that the understanding of our past generations was wrong. Yesterday's knowledge can be today's superstition. But it was an important step towards today's knowledge.  Many scientists spend their whole life in finding the ultimate formula:- A single formula that can encapsulate all the events in the universe. They believe in the uniformity of universe. The principle of uniformity drives all scientific research. Development of mechanics, quantum mechanics, theory of relativity and string theory is based on this principle.

What kind of work should we do?  Should we work to add more chaos to existing chaos or work to find uniformity in chaos? It is upto us to decide.