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"Stephen M. Adams" wrote in message
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> "Gary" writes:
> >"Stephen M. Adams" wrote:
> >> "Gary" writes:
> >> >"Al Smith" wrote:
>
> >>>I don't see any advantage of Chaos Theory. It is just
> >>>Chaotic! And absurd to boot.
> >>
> >>The 'advantage' is that it accurately describes a
problem that science
> >>must deal with - that determining the long-term results
of a complex
> >>system is very difficult, if the system's initial (or
current) state
> >>cannot be accurately measured. It's not 'chaos' in the
common sense
> >>of the term (random or out of control) - chaotic systems
can lead to
> >>very ordered results.
> >
> >What you have written makes a little sense, but to define
it
> >as "chaos" theory seems a misnomer to me.
>
> I didn't make the definition. :-)
>
> >I would prefer "complexity" theory or something else.
>
> I would agree that 'complexity' (or even hyper-complexity)
might
> be a better name. But we're stuck with the term we've
been given.
>
> >I haven't studied it at all, but as you wrote previously,
> >God is not bound by such things.
>
> :-)
>
> >I remember a few lines from the movie, "Jurassic Park,"
where
> >the doctor was explaining "chaos theory" to others in the
copter,
> >and remarked that the "flapping of a butterfly's wing in
China could
> >affect the weather here," or something to that effect
>
> And it's entirely possible that it's true. Absurdity has
no bearing
> on whether or not a thing is true.
>
> >This idea is absurd.
>
> So is quantum mechanics. But without quantum tunneling
and various
> other quantum effects, your computer wouldn't be working
right now.

Quantum mechanics, like Bohr's theory, are just that,
theories.

Whether things actually work that way is not known. Science
uses the best theories it can to try to explain and build
things that work. But the theories of science are constantly
changing, as new information becomes available. But I
believe that the one who determines the weather everywhere
is God, not some butterfly flapping its wings somewhere.

Gary



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nnalyd@yahoo.com wrote:


> basicallyblues writes:
> LOL. Oh really? So the "vessel" that Peter saw "descending like a
> great line