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Chaotic systems are systems that look [[random]] but aren't. They are actually deterministic systems (predictable if you have enough [[information]]) governed by physical [[law]]s, that are very difficult to predict accurately (a commonly used example is [[weather]] forecasting).

Chaotic systems are systems that look [[random]] but aren't. They are actually deterministic systems (predictable if you have enough [[information]]) governed by physical [[law]]s, that are very difficult to predict accurately (a commonly used example is [[weather]] forecasting).

Furthermore, the word ''gas'' is probably an alteration of ''chaos''. [[Particles]] in gases exhibit chaotic [[motion]], although this was [[unknown]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Baptist_van_Helmont Jan Baptist van Helmont], the inventor of the term. He is instead believed to have been [[influenced]] by the concept of chaos in the [[occult]] theories of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus Paracelsus].

Furthermore, the word ''gas'' is probably an alteration of ''chaos''. [[Particles]] in gases exhibit chaotic [[motion]], although this was [[unknown]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Baptist_van_Helmont Jan Baptist van Helmont], the inventor of the term. He is instead believed to have been [[influenced]] by the concept of chaos in the [[occult]] theories of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus Paracelsus].

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