“David Loye referred to “our capacity – by no means 100% reliable, but to a higher degree than present chaos theory dictates – to predict the future in situations of extreme instability”. “The question I’m pondering is whether it is equally true to say that people can predict the future in situations of extreme stability?” (Well, that’s what I posted on the chaopsyc listserv in 1999 so I should by now have an answer!).