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The point was that weather, unlike a sandheap, is a chaotic hydrodynamic system with turbulent flows, that means it's computationally intractable to do exactly, which is why weather forecasts are only good for a few days anyway.

The example you gave does not really explain anything.



The sandheap is chaotic too - just one sand grain tumbling can be enough to start a landslip. But the end result tends not to depend on the minute details - if sand grain A didn't cause the landslip, then a few seconds later sand grain B would have.


That's not chaos, the outcome is the same even if the input varies.

Chaos is when the outcome differs greatly with small changes in input.




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