Philo Sophies<p>Guest article by Dr. <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Bernhard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bernhard</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/We%C3%9Fling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weßling</span></a>: “<a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Origin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Origin</span></a> of <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/coincidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coincidence</span></a>, <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a>, <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/crises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crises</span></a> and <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a>”</p><p>The following guest article by Dr. Bernhard Weßling is not a “product of chance” this time, like his first guest article “What a coincidence!” published by me. This time it is about the consistent continuation and expansion of the 1st edition of his book of the same name, which has now been published as the 2nd edition with the subtitle “On the origin of unpredictability, complexity, crises and time”.</p><p>In it, Mr. Weßling expands on his previously explained, novel <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/concept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concept</span></a> of chance and complexity and examines the fundamental <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/cause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cause</span></a> of crises. To this end, he again uses the concept of <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/entropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entropy</span></a> to put it up for discussion as a criterion for <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a>.</p><p>I would also like to put the <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/theses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theses</span></a> contained in his new book up for <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discussion</span></a> here on my <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> blog. I am therefore looking forward to possible, even coincidental <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/resonances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resonances</span></a> and - just like Dr. Weßling - look forward to numerous <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/comments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comments</span></a>. But first of all, here are the headlines to his thesis paper, which of course only represents an excerpt and cannot reflect the informative and argumentative depth of his book:</p><p>1. crisis as a <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/constant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constant</span></a>: Why <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/polycrises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polycrises</span></a> are not a novelty<br>2. chance, complexity and crises: The inseparable <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/connection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>connection</span></a><br>3. <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crisis</span></a> management with <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>responsibility</span></a>: sustainability as the key<br>4. entropy as a measure of sustainability: a new <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perspective</span></a> on <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> protection<br>5. the <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/shadow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shadow</span></a> sides of <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a> technologies: Why <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/DAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DAC</span></a> and <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/CCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCS</span></a> are not sustainable<br>6. <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Natural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Natural</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a> storage: <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> as a solution for <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> and biodiversity<br>7. the <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/interplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interplay</span></a> of chance, complexity and entropy: a new look at the <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/worldorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldorder</span></a><br>8. the <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/limits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>limits</span></a> of <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/reductionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reductionism</span></a>: why a <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> formula does not exist<br>9. <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Emergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emergence</span></a> and time: How <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/complex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complex</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a> and time itself emerge<br>10. the <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/perception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perception</span></a> of time and its separation from the essence of time</p><p>More at: <a href="https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/03/16/zufall-krisen-zeit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">philosophies.de/index.php/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/16/zufall-krisen-zeit/</span></a></p><p>or: <a href="https://www.bernhard-wessling.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bernhard-wessling.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>