Why do some people like to be organized so often?
Humans like to cluster things together. We are constantly doing this in our minds. We can see this in how we classify people, or even in how we remember things (when you type a phone number, you cluster it into several special sections like country code, area code, and actual phone number). Organizing is just another way of clustering stuff, really.
When we have a messy room, or messy code, all the elements in our object are mixed into one big mess. Organizing allows us to re-catagorize this mess, and break it up into smaller, more manageable parts. It allows us to re-cluster our environment.
Why do some people organize more often? I think this has to do with how we think. Perhaps people who really like organizing tend to cluster objects more. Or, perhaps they get anxious when things are not clustered because they are generally nervous. It's also possible that some people like to be efficient, and clustering allows us to access information faster. But what it all boils down to really is clustering. Almost all people prefer a clustered, categorized world; they like being organized. The question is whether they like it so much that they're willing to go through the effort of organizing.
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Life starts from chaos, developing towards the order in one way or the other, but then ends with the mess feeding into another form of life. Solar System and even Universe started with chaos (or so scientists think), but look at it now - lovely ballet of planets, Star Systems, Galaxies - all shine brightly in the sky in seemingly perfect order. Humans may be the less organized creatures of all. Consider highly structured bee and ant colonies, birds building their masterpiece nests and forming perfect triangle on their journey to the South, squirrels keeping themselves busy sorting out and putting to places food laying around:^). For most animals their survival depends on how well they are organized, not so much for humans now days. Nevertheless certain personality types need order in their lives. Some people are at extreme spectrum and are labeled 'control freaks', some are moderate and some just can't stand being organized. This is all about how people think and view the world. If you need order and are good in keeping things organized - good for you! But please keep in mind that for some people order is boring, organization binds them, makes them feel imprisoned, repressed. You can't generalize across personality types. Just divide and cluster:^.
Well, I think I can generalize and say that all people prefer having a moderate degree of organization. They can't function without a basic level or organizing their thoughts.
That's an interesting point you make, about the universe, because as chaos theory says, everything is slowly becoming random due to things like friction. But, you're right in saying that at some point the universe was much less organized that it is today.
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