Nature doesn't suddenly produce something out of nothing. Western science has now arrived at a dramatic turning point. Scientific knowledge was intended to reveal the laws of nature which we could then use for prediction and control of natural processes. This knowledge has given us a remarkable range of very useful technologies, and this process will continue. But what has been revealed by science itself is that much, probably most, of nature cannot be predicted and controlled.
Nature is full of deterministic chaos and emergent properties.
Together these give us a picture of nature living on the edge of chaos, which is where creativity arises. We have reached the limits on the use of scientific knowledge for the control of nature through predictive technology. What has been revealed is why the complex systems on which the quality of our lives depends, such as the weather, ecological systems, communities, economies and health, are out of our control except in very limited ways. We have reached the limits of a science of quantities, prediction and control. A Science of Qualities Within the tradition of Western science there was a remarkable individual whose work provides a basis for the development of a holistic science of qualities.