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Well, statistically, an earth old enough would at one point get all its air one only one side of it...

Saying that an effect is negligible is useful to actually do physics ; but when effects practically emerge out of noise - which is what most of the weather is, when it comes to numbers of hurricanes - the noise that emerge out of a butterfly flapping its wing and the noise that comes from the butterfly not flapping its wings are statistically undistinguishable, and thermodynamically too ; but it doesn't prevent them from having different effects.

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by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Mon Sep 28th, 2009 at 04:04:42 AM EST
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Statistically, the solar system will never get old enough that the earth could have all its atmosphere on a single side. When the earth is gone, it won't happen either, obviously. Thus, statistically, this scenario cannot happen. Ever.



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by martingale on Mon Sep 28th, 2009 at 06:51:14 PM EST
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