Massie wrote:
>
> Joel Cannon wrote:
> >
> > On Thu 13 Jan 2000 Massie wrote:
> >
> > >So you admit the lack of predictive power meaning the ability
> > >to forcast the next big organism.
> >
> > Physics is unable to predict the next big meteor, the next big
> > earthquake, or the next big storm except in terms of
> > probabilities so the standard may be flawed. (or maybe it is physics
> > that is flawed). ........................
>
> Give me the boundary conditions and I will forecast the hit time down to
> the nanosecond. Physics works and it predicts. .......................
& predict it incorrectly because of the sensitivity of such complex
phenomena to initial conditions. Ever hear of the butterfly effect?
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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