To: MHGinTN
Laplace's determinism also fails due to the existence of molecules (Einstein, 1905 convinced physicists; chemists like the idea since Dalton.) Brownian motion is not predictable even with a Laplacian philosophy. The reason is that any probe small enough to measure positions of molecules (or even pollen particles) is subject to Brownian motion itself. A particle undergoing BM has no definible velocity. (This was found out experimentally.)
1,278 posted on
07/29/2006 8:50:07 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Doctor Stochastic
1,279 posted on
07/29/2006 8:54:32 PM PDT by
MHGinTN
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To: Doctor Stochastic
I'm curious, are you a Chemist or a Botanist?
1,282 posted on
07/29/2006 9:13:10 PM PDT by
MHGinTN
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