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35 - The Chaos Underlying Everything (ft. David Grier)

Why This Universe?

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The Use of Brownian Motion in Industry

The emergence of life out of chaos in the universe is only possible because of Brownian motion. Almost every industry relies on the stability and properties of colloidal dispersions for the value of what they do. There's a huge part of financial physics that addresses these random processes in financial markets. The same principles ought to apply completely to things like finance and social networks, he says.

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