Poincaré Recurrence
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CORE DEFINITION
In a closed, finite system, any state (as long as it has occurred) will reappear infinitely many times within finite time. Given enough time, everything will repeat.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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Provides a scientific basis for historical cyclicality. Although the recurrence time on a cosmic scale is absurdly long, it implies that 'progress' is not unidirectional. In finite organizational or social systems, historical errors and patterns will reappear after 'sufficiently long' time.
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The Poincaré recurrence theorem states that in a conservative system with finite volume and bounded energy, almost any initial state will, after sufficiently long time, come arbitrarily close to the initial state. It highlights the tension between macroscopic irreversibility and microscopic reversibility in isolated systems.
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