Implicate order and explicate order

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David Bohm's theory of implicate and explicate order is illustrated through an experiment involving two concentric glass cylinders filled with glycerin. When a drop of ink is added and the outer cylinder is turned, the ink diffuses into the fluid, creating a seemingly chaotic state. However, reversing the cylinder's motion causes the glycerin to return to its original state, revealing the ink drop once more. This demonstrates how order can be enfolded and unfolded in a system. The discussion also seeks a video demonstration of this experiment.
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... according to David Bohm's theory.

There is a device that illustrates this. It consists of two concentric glass cylinders. Between them is a viscous fluid, such as glycerin. If a drop of insoluble ink is placed in the glycerin and the outer cylinder is turned slowly, the drop of dye will be drawn out into a thread. Eventually the thread gets so diffused it cannot be seen. At that moment there seems to be no order present at all. Yet if you slowly turn the cylinder backward, the glycerin draws back into its original form, and suddenly the ink drop is visible again. The ink had been enfolded into the glycerin, and it was unfolded again by the reverse turning.

Does anyone have an actual video of this experiment? I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
 
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