Yes! I'd go a little further and say the chans are chaotic systems - they're unconstrained and can go in a hundred directions at once, but can also coalesce and focus quickly when somone tells them to. They possess the "wildness within," and it's a good thing.
“That in a man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.” —Antonio Porchia
(Sorry… total complexity geek here.)