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Stuff You Should Know

SYSK Selects: How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Since the age of Descartes, science has put all of its eggs in the basket of determinism, the idea that with accurate enough measurements any aspect of the universe could be predicted. But the universe, it turns out, is not so tidy. Explore the final frontier with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode.

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:31.0

Hey everybody, it's me Josh your old pal and for this week's S.Y.S.K. Selects,

0:36.4

I've chosen how chaos theory changed the universe.

0:39.7

First came out in July of 2016 and I have to say,

0:43.0

I think it's one of the better sciencey stuff you should know episodes of all time.

0:48.6

There's just something about this that grabbed me and chucked by the callers and said,

0:53.6

I'm interesting aren't I?

0:55.0

And we said yes you definitely are.

0:56.9

And this one has everything.

0:58.0

It has science, it has philosophy, it has our understanding of the universe,

1:02.4

it's just a all-around good episode.

1:04.5

So I hope you enjoy it as much as I did listening to it again.

1:08.4

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's How Stuff Works.

1:15.8

Hey and welcome to the podcast.

1:22.9

I'm Josh Clark with Charles W. Chuck Bryant and there's Jerry over there.

1:27.6

So this is Stuff You Should Know, the podcast about chaos theory.

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