Is the Universe Really Just a Patchwork?

I mean, we can't ever really understand how a banknote flutters in the wind. Maybe aliens with their supercomputers have totally solved that problem. But it is like predictable in principle. So I'm tempted to think, whilst at the moment I placed my bets on it, not being a patchwork in the sense of there's lawless kind of lands between the patches,. It'll be interesting to find out.