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To: D Rider
"I get it! So when the balls stop moving, wherever they are, that is considered order. Interesting what acounts for order these days."

I'm merely paraphrasing Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine's (creator of Chaos Theory) example of order and disorder in a system. I'm certainly open to hearing a better explanation from a more credible source.

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39 posted on 08/02/2004 10:26:34 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack
I'm merely paraphrasing Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine's (creator of Chaos Theory) example of order and disorder in a system. I'm certainly open to hearing a better explanation from a more credible source.M

First, I must point out chaos theory is used for the study of dynamic deterministic systems that exhibit non-linear behavior. That implies that they are basically orderly, by some measure. This is true for both math and physics. Second, I am not talking about quantum chaos. That is a whole nother ball of wax.

Thus, the example that you used has limits to it's application, as I pointed out. Note the lack of true randomness, in the correct use of your example.

43 posted on 08/02/2004 10:47:51 AM PDT by D Rider
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