Even
before chaos theory was developed in the 20th century, it was clear to historians and physicists that small causes could lead to large effects.
Not exact matches
Before leaving this brief discussion on
chaos theory, one additional feature of non-linear dynamical system should be mentioned.
Polkinghorne pondered this problem for decades
before finding a work - around in the byways of
chaos theory, a branch of mathematics that describes the underlying order in large, seemingly unpredictable systems, from weather to economics.
The scientists compared recordings from normal periods to those just
before and during seizures; their yardstick was an algorithm developed from
chaos theory to measure the degree of complexity in brain activity.
The «global warming» paradigm dates back to
before «
chaos theory» was even discovered (AFAIK), and most of the development of the two paradigms took place independently.
Meaning, that if he were on the Yucatán Peninsula, say 65Mya, a few hours
before you know what hit right aboot there, he would claim that 65Myr in to the future (e. g. December 21, 2012AD), the Solar System would be in total
chaos, simply bescuse that's when his
theory / numerical model goes to the crapper (he's doing these calculations at 80 - bit extended precision BTW, but I really don't know why he's not using quad (128 - bit) precision).
Meaning, that if he were on the Yucatán Peninsula, say 65Mya, a few hours
before you know what hit right aboot there, he would claim that 65Myr in to the future (e. g. December 21, 2012AD), the Solar System would be in total
chaos, simply bescuse that's when his
theory / numerical model goes to the crapper....
If the whole system of coming to a consensus that leads to meaningful actions is looked at from a
chaos theory perspective, I think this so called «bump» may lead to a more chaotic and unpredictable state of affairs for a while longer... i.e., we can't predict what is «likely» to happen in the court of public / policy maker opinion for a more extended period
before settling down.