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Originally Posted by supernova1965
No we don't know when an earthquake will occur but we do know that one will
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The only rational reason you can make this statement is because there is a history of earthquakes. If this history were absent, as is the case for previous exo-life discoveries, then you could not even predict that "there will be one" (earthquake, that is).
Earthquakes are functions of Complex Systems. Chaotic Systems can be viewed as a subset of Complex Systems, and may be distinguished by their initial conditions and lack of historical dependence.
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