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To: chuckles
Do a Google search on Chaos Theory & Edward Lorentz.
You will get information on something called the "Lorentz Attractor'. Read it I won't prejudice you by making any comments.
However what phenomenon was the good Dr. Lorentz trying to model ?
54 posted on 06/14/2006 7:32:53 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily
I'm not sure what you are trying to get across. I know he was modeling the weather and found that a slight change made a big difference. The fractal looks like a butterfly, so they called it the butterfly effect. It was said a butterfly flapping its wings in Tokyo would cause a tornado on the other side of the world.

An enviro wacko would tell you that driving your SUV will destroy the planet because you are affecting change everywhere. I understand that a small inaccuracy in the data fed to the weather computer will change the outcome of the prediction greatly, but the waco's will still insist we are all going to die. I tell them they are right, we are all going to die........someday. I just want to own an SUV while I'm waiting.

56 posted on 06/15/2006 12:24:08 AM PDT by chuckles
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