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Re:What situations in classical physics are non-deterministic? by aipatselarom on Saturday February 15, 2025 @01:31PM (#43060874)
Read the title of this post, and the title of the question in the exchange, I will post it yet again, *sigh*

>What situations in classical physics are non-deterministic?

Is "statistical mechanics" contained within "classical physics"?

Yes or no? No need for a nonsensical philosophical essay.

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Re:What situations in classical physics are non-deterministic? by cycomanic on Sunday February 16, 2025 @03:17AM (#43066315)
Maybe you should read my most, I didn't say that statistical mechanics is nonclassical. I said statistical mechanics does not apply to the discussion of a single particle rolling up or down a slope. Tell me which of the states has more entropy the one with the particle at the top od the Norton dome or the one at the bottom?
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