Daved van Stralen, MD, FAAP, Sean D. McKay, Element Rescue, LLC, Thomas A. Mercer, RAdm, USN (Retired)
Abstract:
To prepare for and operate in stochastic environments, we study and even master academic models. The environmental stochastic Noise separates the world of practice from scientific theory. Oscillating and fluctuating processes create frequencies of power, the color of Noise, and unpredictability. These environments also contain the determinants of stress, putting individuals at risk of the peculiar Logic of Stress and the ecology of fear. We effectively engage these environments by logic, a logic of practice shared by those who crossed the threshold with us – not classical logic, however. Modal logics conform to changing events and support flexible thinking. Paraconsistent logics support inferences from contradictions. In topology, the central concept is continuity and how the elements preserve a notion of nearness by a continuous function. They maintain connectedness during deformation without tearing apart to create a new boundary.
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