[HN Gopher] Terence Tao - Complex dynamics require complex solut...
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       Terence Tao - Complex dynamics require complex solutions
        
       Author : ckemere
       Score  : 47 points
       Date   : 2025-02-14 22:05 UTC (54 minutes ago)
        
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       | ckemere wrote:
       | Because certain concepts have been repeated so often they've
       | become elements of faith (e.g., "taxes are too high", "government
       | is filled with fraud and waste", "taxing the 1% will solve our
       | country's financial problems"), careful conversation about the
       | complexities of the modern world is difficult to have.
       | 
       | I think that complex solutions CAN be grasped by the large
       | majority of voters, but their time and attention are so captured
       | by sloganeers that they aren't exposed to the explanations.
        
         | crubier wrote:
         | Ok, but taxes are too high though, for real
        
           | JackYoustra wrote:
           | Too high for what? Too high for desired services level? Too
           | high for most of the people or few? Too high for value? Too
           | high for your personal preference? It's really important to
           | be specific, and what I've written is still impossibly vague
           | to be even close to actionable
        
       | LeroyRaz wrote:
       | I don't like the title. Complex dynamics often require simple
       | solutions. E.g., a complex chaotic system can often be made
       | simple by adding damping (a simple solution).
        
         | aabhay wrote:
         | While I agree with your view point, I think the celebrity
         | mathematician status of Terrence Tao made it obvious to me that
         | the title was referring to mathematical solutions e.g. solving
         | a system of equations.
        
         | tlb wrote:
         | You can make systems less chaotic with damping, but that's not
         | always good. A damped 3-body problem (orbiting planets under
         | gravity) results in the planets losing momentum until they all
         | smash together. If you have an active control system like for
         | controlling a robot arm, adding damping in the wrong place can
         | make oscillations worse.
        
       | danielmarkbruce wrote:
       | aka "reality has a surprising amount of detail"
        
       | r3nruturnEr wrote:
       | I've noticed this a lot with climate science, especially. People
       | are waiting for a silver bullet that will reverse climate change
       | and I think in reality, it will have to be a huge, complex,
       | coordinated effort.
        
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