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Originally posted by Jesse
edit: I may have misunderstood what you were saying above--although I still think quantum randomness implies a certain degree of randomness in the macroscopic world due to the butterfly effect, I agree it doesn't imply "pure chaos" in the macroscopic world either. But then again, I wouldn't apply the words "pure chaos" to the microscopic world either.
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Yeah, I think you slightly misunderstood what I was saying, but if it's any consolation I agree with your statements. My statement was more tuned towards the people who make the claim "if things were really random in the quantum domain, nothing in the macroscopic world would be predictable."
07-23-2003, 11:42 AM
