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by dllthomas 4497 days ago
"If the birds and the caterpillars and the apple trees could know the future of chaotic systems, it would imply that we live in a deterministic universe where birds and caterpillars and apple trees could not exist. QED."

Wut?
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ackydoodles 4497 days ago
Complex dynamics 101: life is a complex dynamical system. If the math of chaos is wrong, the processes underlying life would not operate as they do. Life would not exist as we observe it.

Also, your iPad would not work. As I said, QED. This is not controversial.

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Phlarp 4497 days ago
For something so "not controversial" that it doesn't require citations, your comment is pretty faded.
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nitrogen 4497 days ago
The Mandelbrot set is both chaotic and deterministic. QED
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Oletros 4497 days ago
> Also, your iPad would not work.

What?

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