Originally Posted by
Dan Hintz
Yeppers... chaos theory just says given an infinite number of variables and/or infinite number of values chosen at random, the chances of two items being identical are increasingly small. It doesn't say never, just that the chances approach zero.
Crystallized ice does not have an infinite number of parameters, and the values for those parameters are somewhat finite. It can only grow in temps below 32F and some lower limit (don't know what it is, but this is Earth, so well above absolute zero
), nucleation site needs to be within a reasonable size limit, finite number of atoms per crystal size, yadda yadda yadda.
It's highly likely that a crystal has been created identical to another at some point within the timespan of the Earth... but finding it is like a needle in a haystack. Which brings us to a whole other search...
While I agree with your theory in principle, the fact is we will never even come close to having an infinite number of snowflakes fall to the earth in it's history.
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