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Re: Lets Blow this Dowsing Lark off Fina

Apr 05, 2006, 07:56

Or a driven pendulum for that matter.. both are chaotic systems in that they have unpredictable, non-linear outcomes. But in the simpler case of the pendulum it's behaviour is described by Newtonian mechanics that have a long track record of being tested and reproduced... the fact that the long term behaviour is sensitive to the initial position of the pendulum does not nullify Newtonian mechanics, i.e. small errors in the initial position of the pendulum propagate through over time. The weather just has a hell of a lot more variables.

Yes, chaotic behaviour can arise from deterministic systems but I'm not sure how any of this gets dowsing in the back door?

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Lets Blow this Dowsing Lark off Finally! – jshell, Apr 04, 2006, 17:30


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