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Robinson Erhardt
162 - Tim Palmer: Chaos Theory, Probabilistic Forecasting, and Climate Change
1 hour 56 minutes Posted Nov 3, 2023 at 4:00 pm.
In This Episode…
Introduction
From Physics to Meteorology
Black Holes and the Holographic Principle
What Is the Butterfly Effect?
Why Is Weather Chaotic and What Can We Do About It?
Can Principles of Meteorology Be Applied to the Problems of Consciousness and Free Will?
Chaos Theory and Climate Change
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Tim Palmer is Royal Society Research Professor in Climate Physics at the University of Oxford, where he is a Senior Fellow at the Oxford Martin Institute and a Professorial Fellow at Jesus College. Tim works on the predictability and dynamics of weather and climate, including extreme events, and is well known within the field for developing probabilistic ensemble forecasting techniques. In this episode, Robinson and Tim discuss his recent book, The Primacy of Doubt: From Quantum Physics to Climate Change, How the Science of Uncertainty Can Help Us Understand Our Chaotic World (2022). More particularly, they talk about black holes and the holographic principle, the foundations of quantum mechanics, meteorology and probabilistic forecasting, chaos theory and consciousness, and the problem of climate change.
The Primacy of Doubt: https://a.co/d/dL8JfTn
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