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The chaos theory is interesting, but it's important to know that the starting conditions need to be IDENTICAL for a comparison to produce any meaningful results.
In the billiards situation, it would be very difficult for a person to reproduce the scenario EXACTLY. The second time around, the ball placement would be slightly off, the amount of chalk on the stick would be slightly different, the power/angle/height of the stick during the shot would be different, the grip would be different, the sweat on the hands would be different, the lay of the felt would be different.
One would think that if the starting conditions are IDENTICAL, then the results would be identical, but maybe that's what the chaos theory is all about. My question is this - is the chaos theory supposed to account for the minute differences in all these factors? Or is it a theory that states that even under identical situations (and I do mean 'identical'), the outcome can still be different?
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