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162 - Tim Palmer: Chaos Theory, Probabilistic Forecasting, and Climate Change

162 - Tim Palmer: Chaos Theory, Probabilistic Forecasting, and Climate Change

Robinson's Podcast vor 2 Jahren

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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

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:37 Introduction

02:37 From Physics to Meteorology

13:17 Black Holes and the Holographic Principle

35:09 What Is the Butterfly Effect?

43:31 Why Is Weather Chaotic and What Can We Do About It?

01:09:34 Can Principles of Meteorology Be Applied to the Problems
of Consciousness and Free Will?

01:30:55 Chaos Theory and Climate Change

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
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