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To: ahhaha who wrote (13525)	4/14/2001 10:29:26 AM
From: LPS5	Read Replies (1) of 17977

A graphic representation contains no more information than the raw data it portrays. In fact, it tends to mislead by using the brain's tendency to find patterns, but find patterns in what? The same patterns occur in random processes like coin tosses. Agreed; as Gould said, "What is history all about if not the exquisite delight of knowing the details - and not only the abstract patterns." (Emphasis added.) This is also one part of the issue I have with people who have become addicted to the sparse, often useless information offered via Level II subscriptions. Is there a physics theory that jointly deals with discrete and continuous phenomena? I'm going to take a stab here and attempt to yank myself free of the broad class which you've labeled "SI clowns." I'm guessing that you're talking about those theories which deal with systems which shift randomly between a steady state and a dynamic, nonlinear state. Stochastic behaviors in deterministic systems as decribed in various forms by Mandelbrot, Percival, Stewart, and Lorentz. Without using the actual word...is this the area of physics you're referring to? LPS5

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