Thread by @JackalBruit

#maths #ChaosTheory

Then #entropy "must" always increase ... allegedly

Then #statistics uses #maths to make guesses about the future nased upon previously collected data ... from ya know, the past

So ...

If all I have as a #mathematician is t_1 and data about the contents of c_1

Then how can I safely use #statistics to make a fair 'prediction' about the past? Aka t_0 & c_0

My gut says something is wrong with carbon dating

I wholly trust predictions about t_2 & c_2 given a metric s*** ton of parameters & input variables

Moving fwd to make predictions isnt that hard

Moving backward to make 'past predictions' ... My tummy gets queasy :/