[bowsamic]

I don't trust new accounts whose instinct is to insult me. I don't need to justify that heuristic. Also I was right, chaotic behaviour doesn't mean non-deterministic, which the quote you posted affirms.

So not only was I insulted, I was insulted even though I was right. Also I have studied chaotic dynamical systems, so I have formal education in this.

The interesting thing about chaotic systems is that they have very divergent futures for very similar inputs, not that they're random.

Also I don't really care about being considered a genius, and I think it's sad that anyone would want to be thought of as one.

[thaumasiotes]

Saying stupid things is pretty likely to draw insults. They were obviously warranted here.

> The interesting thing about chaotic systems is that they have very divergent futures for very similar inputs, not that they're random.

If you were paying attention... that's exactly what ape_key was referring to. The problem under discussion is that very similar inputs to the game logic lead to radically different states of the game at a later time. The nondeterminism is what gives rise to the fact that the inputs are "very similar" rather than "identical".

[bowsamic]

Insults are warranted because I affirmed what he said? What? You’ve been a member of this site for 12 years. Maybe you are a bit too jaded from your interactions here. I have reported your comment