This post is my seven reactions to, and applications for the idea of chaos which is one of the big ideas in 50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know by Ben Dupre. Many years ago meteorologist Edward Lorenz repeated part of a simple weather simulation through a program. He was surprised to find that the results were radically different from the previous results. His investigation showed that the computer rounded up the figures from six decimal places to three. "A minute difference in the initial condition had caused a major difference in outcome." Lorenz's simulation behaved in a chaotic manner. It was unpredictable. A meteorologist remarked … [Read more...]
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