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A dead tortoise is 100% going to be dead tomorrow. A tortoise alive now is 99.995% likely to be alive tomorrow, if external threats are removed. Pretty sure t
by zasdffaa 4y ago
A dead tortoise is 100% going to be dead tomorrow.
A tortoise alive now is 99.995% likely to be alive tomorrow, if external threats are removed.
Pretty sure that is not the behaviour of chaos under your definition.
- hprotagonist 4y ago“is this neuron going to spike and if it does can we say why” is, though. “if external threats are removed” is an attempt to linearize, and therefore remove chaotic behavior. Sometimes you can pull this off and have a reasonable model at the end; sometimes you cannot. This tells you more about your model than it does about the system you’re studying.
- zasdffaa 4y agoName me a stable system that does not become destroyed when an overwhelming amount of energy is applied to it. Is a tortoise with a stick of dynamite attached on a random timer chaotic or not? Seems yes. So what are the limits that define chaos? By that you could say all is chaotic. We lack a suitable definition here.
- hprotagonist 4y ago"if i operate a linearized model outside of its linear range, i don't have the control systems tools I wish i did." Sure. So what?
- nisegami 4y agoA triple pendulum at rest now will be at rest 1s from now. A triple pendulum moving now will likely be moving 1s from now. That doesn't mean that the triple pendulum isn't a chaotic system. It just shows the chaotic nature of the system doesn't manifest at the level of detail you're considering.