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<p>Cody -</p>
<p>I think maybe someone traveled back in time to change the
attribution of "the butterfly effect" from that first (recognized)
statement by Lorenz in the 70's and in the process (I think)
valuable nuances of meaning. Lorenz is worth reading in his
original...<br>
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<p>technologyreview.com/2011/02/22/196987/when-the-butterfly-effect-took-flight/</p>
<p>Maybe it was Marty McButterFly in a DeLorean with a Flux
Capacitor... Do you remember seeing the movie-prop DeLorean's in
the parking lot at the hotel in Boulder when we visited NREL? Or
was that in another timeline with another Cody McFly?</p>
<p>I'd like to be of more use re: a novice explanation... I *can*
offer you this near-seminal paper in reversible computation (and
physics) from 1984ish.. which I have not read since! I think the
Los Alamos work references it?</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://strangepaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/conservativelogic.pdf">http://strangepaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/conservativelogic.pdf</a><br>
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<p>- Steve</p>
<p>PS. it is worth noting that William Gibson's recent (2016 ++)
novels known colloquially as his "Jackpot novels" touches very
eloquently on these concepts albeit in a quirky Gibsonian Way...<br>
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<div dir="auto">An article came out recently about a proof that
time travel would not lead to the butterfly effect. <a
href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/amp34146674/paradox-free-time-travel-is-possible/"
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. This sounds great but does anybody understand it enough to
explain it to a novice? Has this idea been around for a while,
because Netflix's show The<span style="font-family:sans-serif"> Umbrella
Academy touches on it?</span>
<div dir="auto">The article says that the proof is backed up by
research from Los Alamos and some experience with random
walkers. I am pretty familiar with the latter. My experience
is that some random walkers, a recursive path search, and
patience can solve a lot of basic computer science problems. </div>
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