Chaos theory, a more recent invention, is equally fertile ground for those with a bent for abusing sense. It is unfortunately named, for 'chaos' implies randomness. Chaos in the technical sense is not random at all. It is completely determined, but it depends hugely, in strangely hard-to-predict ways, on tiny differences in initial conditions. β¨ Richard Dawkins (2017). Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist, p.87, Random House
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