Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Butterfly Effect, Chaos Theory, Predictions

Fexl, Jan. 21, 2024; Sheldon S., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The most terrifying theory scientists don’t want to talk about
(Fexl) To play the Chaos Game (geogebra.org/m/yr2XXPms), I set the number of points at 3, clicked start, and set the speed to "fast." The key takeaway of Chaos Theory is this: even when one's equations are perfectly deterministic, one cannot know the initial conditions of arbitrary sensitivities. What is “chaos”? It is when the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future.

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