On Chaos Theory and Climate Change | Tim Palmer

Robinson's Podcast #162 - Tim Palmer: Chaos Theory, Probabilistic Forecasting, and Climate Change

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.

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[Stroheim]

The cat is the star in this podcast :)

[leonstenutz]

Clear communication and courage are as vital as good science.

Humans deserve precise information to help us all take a clear science-informed stand on climate action.

Too much hemming & hawing. Greater clarity would be nice.