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Yes, and chaos theory is SO fundamental to climate and weather that understanding its application there is compulsory. So if you've not heard of chaotic systems
by Applejinx 3y ago
Yes, and chaos theory is SO fundamental to climate and weather that understanding its application there is compulsory. So if you've not heard of chaotic systems, it's completely impossible to be up to speed on what reality's doing.
- mitthrowaway2 3y agoDoes chaos theory help to understand this particular phenomenon?
- inimino 3y agoMight have missed a bit of sarcasm.
- Applejinx 3y agoNothing I said was the least bit sarcastic. The direct application to the upper atmosphere cooling isn't exactly what I meant, but 'counterintuitive things happening which are outside our experience of what can happen' is completely down to chaos in action on a global scale.
- mitthrowaway2 3y agoCounterintuitive or not, this effect was predicted decades ago. It doesn't seem like chaos factors into it.
- inimino 3y agoWell, I didn't think that anyone would say "completely impossible to be up to speed on what reality's doing" without some arcane math topic and mean it perfectly seriously.
- m3047 3y agoHow is chaos theory fundamentally different than Prigogine's notion of self organizing systems, and is it really a better model than the latter?