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To: VadeRetro
Chemistry is not random. Physics is not random.

Someone needs to brush up on his Chaos Theory!

682 posted on 03/03/2004 7:21:53 PM PST by Elsie (When the avalanche starts... it's too late for the pebbles to vote....)
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To: Elsie
Chaos theory does not depend on physics or chemistry being non-deterministic, only intractable to analysis.

Lotto machines are deterministic. You just can't tell in advance what they're going to do.
687 posted on 03/03/2004 7:29:35 PM PST by VadeRetro (Kinder and gentler than a junkyard dog.)
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To: Elsie
Someone needs to brush up on his Chaos Theory!

Chaos is not random. By definition.

689 posted on 03/03/2004 7:33:43 PM PST by balrog666 (Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.)
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