Weather, and its longer - term average and trend, climate, were the original
examples of chaotic systems.
Weather is
an example of a chaotic system.
As far as surface temperature is concerned — the Royal Society said that climate change is the result of ordered forcing and internal climate variability as a result of climate being
an example of a chaotic system.
Internal climate variation was said to occur because climate is
an example of a chaotic system.
An even better
example of a chaotic system still open to numerical solution is the motion of the astroids in the solar system.
Not exact matches
For
example, the idea that the brain is a complex non-linear dynamic
system is mentioned only fleetingly - leaving me with the feeling that we had missed an opportunity for a useful discussion (such as perhaps making a connection with the ideas advocated by Polkinghorne regarding the possibility
of chaotic systems «amplifying» quantum level uncertainties up to the macro-level).
It's a classic
example of how a product that tests well in the artificial environment
of a survey or taste test doesn't necessarily perform the same way «in the wild», when subject to the full
chaotic system of public opinion.
One reason for chaoplexity's lack
of progress may be the notorious butterfly effect, the notion that tiny changes in initial conditions can eventually yield huge consequences in a
chaotic system; the classic
example is that the beating
of a butterfly's wings could eventually trigger the formation
of a tornado.
However, it's fair to say that my test wasn't a great
example of how
chaotic the game can get and thus during heavy action the
system will undoubtedly struggle a little more, meaning graphical tweaks will be needed to get it running smoother, unless a console level framerate with beautiful graphics is what you prefer.
The proper Scientific answer is «weather is a classic
example of what is known as a
chaotic system in which multiple variables, not all
of which are known, combine to produce an outcome.
The human body is an excellent
example of a hugely complex and at the micro level
chaotic system with more feedbacks than there are stars in the Milky Way which nevertheless functions and malfunctions as a coherent whole.
Rather than attack Tom you should see him as an
example of climate scientists
of all persuasions who are trying to analyse the behaviour
of complex
chaotic systems by the application
of simplistic relationships studied in a laboratory.
We know that the numerical models
of climate are
examples of temporal
chaotic systems.
Climate sensitivity, being essentially determined by the long - term average over the attractor
of a
chaotic system which we don't understand very well, is essentially an
example of the second case.