Re: virus: Evolution

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 09:47:45 -0600 (CST)


On Mon, 27 Aug 1956, David Leeper wrote:

> Kenneth Boyd,

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> > Does your "chaotic" mean "random"?
>
> No. It means _pure_ chaos, with no use of orderly systems.

I think we're in similar boats. It turns out that, under suitable
definitions, "chaotic" behavior can occur in *completely deterministic*
systems. If errors I *cannot* measure result in changes in outcomes I
*can* measure, in a reasonably deterministic system, then I can say that
the deterministic system is "chaotic".

I.e., deterministic systems can be disorderly.

[CLIP]

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