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I get that. I'm pointing out that these are separate factors. Chaotic does not imply non-deterministic, and vice versa. The only source of randomness here is the uncertainty in the observation of the object, because (as you point out) multiple combinations of parameters could produce the same observation, and each one will have a different trajectory. The randomness doesn't come from the chaotic nature of the system, it comes from noise in our measurements. It also doesn't (as other posts are claiming) come from energy drift in the simulation, because that's also deterministic.