Chaos Theory and Geometry - Can They Predict Our World? With Tim Palmer

This talk examines chaos theory and fractal geometry as ways to understand and predict complex systems. It connects weather forecasting and Lorenz state space with Bell’s theorem and counterfactuals in quantum physics.

Syllabus

Introduction
Illustrating Chaos Theory with pendulums demo
Fractal geometry: A bridge from Newton to 20th Century mathematics
The three great theorems of 20th Century mathematics
The concept of State Space
Lorenz State Space
Cantor's Set and the prototype fractal
Hilbert's Decision Problem
The link between 20th Century mathematics and fractal geometry
The predictability of chaotic systems
Predicting hurricanes with chaos theory
The Bell experiment: proving the universe is not real?
Counterfactuals in Bell's theorem
Applying fractals to Bell's theorem
The end of spatial reductionism