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Old 12-11-2004   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Chaos Theory

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Originally Posted by pgrmdave
so, what you're saying is that some systems are so complex, that unless everything was known about it, little can be predicted?
Yes. Happily for us there are many cases where knowledge of only a few initial conditions will allow for high levels of predictability.

And yes to Tim_lou, Goodonya mate. Tis a good example of the situation we are in regarding ALL of our observations; they are all after the fact.

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