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08-16-05

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Originally Posted by errantrogue
which is a safe way of saying that noone knows why the particles involved act as they do, just that sometimes they conform to newtonian, and sometimes they do not...
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Newtonian physics would fall more under the philosophy determinism than the philosophy put forth by chaos theory wouldn't it?
To answer my own question, and yours at the same time....

Newtonian physics does not apply in chaos theory, because Newtonian Theory is based on cause=effect. In chaos theory cause=any number of possible outcomes.


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