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To: El Gato

I read Einstein to say that chaos does not rule the universe. That there is an underlying principle(s).

And in this I think he is yet to be proven wrong.


12 posted on 12/03/2008 10:30:36 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: D-fendr
I read Einstein to say that chaos does not rule the universe. That there is an underlying principle(s).

A matter of interpretaton. Quantum "randomness" is not chaos, it's just a matter of not being able to predict "individual" events at the quantum level. In macro sized numbers (on the order of 10^21 and more particles, things are quite predictable. Sort of like ideal gases. Individual particles are doing the old random walk, but the mass obeys certain laws.

13 posted on 12/04/2008 12:32:37 AM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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