Chaos theory and geometry: can they predict our world? – with Tim Palmer

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The geometry of chaos can explain our uncertain world, from weather and pandemics to quantum physics and free will. This talk was recorded at the Ri on 21 April 2023. Join Tim Palmer as he explores how it provides the means to predict the world around us, and provides new insights into some of the most astonishing aspects of our universe and ourselves. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/VZQnFQAJ6Io Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe 00:00 Introduction 00:55 Illustrating Chaos Theory with pendulums (demo) 02:44 Fractal geometry: A bridge from Newton to 20th Century mathematics 08:43 The three great theorems of 20th Century mathematics 11:24 The concept of State Space 14:43 Lorenz State Space 19:24 Cantor's Set and the prototype fractal 22:52 Hilbert's Decision Problem 24:04 The link between 20th Century mathematics and fractal geometry 27:21 The predictability of chaotic systems 32:26 Predicting hurricanes with Chaos Theory 43:44 The Bell experiment: proving the universe is not real? 51:45 Counterfactuals in Bell's theorem 56:29 Applying fractals to Bell's theorem 01:03:57 The end of spatial reductionism Buy Tim's book 'The Primacy of Doubt' here: https://geni.us/5bgfg Tim Palmer is a Royal Society Research Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. Following a PhD in general relativity theory, he spent much of his career working on the predictability and dynamics of weather and climate, developing probabilistic ens

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