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To: JudgemAll
"Stochastic processes which occur in a deterministic system begin to look like life"

That might describe life in a particular period of time, say from time(a) to time(b), but how does that relate to evolution and/or creationism?

212 posted on 12/03/2005 8:01:14 PM PST by phantomworker (We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are.<==> Perception is everything.)
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To: phantomworker

see discussion at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Chaos_theory

and also

http://www.ncst.ernet.in/kbcs/vivek/issues/11.4/puneet/puneet.html

Determinism: Determinism in comparison to stochastic behavior depends on the number of dimensions in the system. The number of dimensions in a system is the total number of independent units (after converting the derived units) present in the system. For example, the number of dimensions in velocity , is 1+1=2. A dimension of ten or more is not computationally feasible and stochastic behavior is used in such conditions. The difference between Stochastic behavior and Chaotic behavior is that the output of Chaotic systems is exponential whereas that of Stochastic systems is random


233 posted on 12/03/2005 8:20:47 PM PST by JudgemAll (Condemn me, make me naked and kill me, or be silent for ever on my gun ownership and law enforcement)
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859 posted on 12/05/2005 3:53:41 PM PST by RightWingNilla
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