Because the basic idea of chaos theory is that there aren't any "models" as such—there aren't guaranteed forms, but rather patterns of change in development.

因为混沌理论的基本观点是这样的“模型”不存在——不存在确定的形式，只有发展变化中的模式。

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The idea of cloning extinct life forms still belongs to science fiction.

对绝种的生命形式进行克隆的想法仍然属于科学幻想。

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The idea of progress forms the backdrop to a society.

关于进步的观念形成了一个社会的大背景。

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You have an idea, have to file a bunch of paperwork -- ten forms,forty-two days.

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This is the idea that an intelligent force created all forms of life.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

Journalists who would never dream of filling out their own tax returns deride executives who claim they have no clear idea of the contents of thousands of pages of mandated forms and accounts that remain unread by anyone, including the government bodies that mandate them--until bankruptcy or recession lends 20-20 postmortem clairvoyance to press, politicians and prosecutors.

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Zajonc's own work relates to an idea called Wheeler's delayed choice experiment, which forms part of the basis for Lanza's idea.

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When teaching numeracy, the facilitators focus on teaching numbers and the idea of quantity, grouping and interpretation of measurement units, arithmetic operations, special forms and orientation, and content interpretation, such as reading tables and graphics.

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