I am aware. I was basing my characterization not on the correct use of "chaos" in scientific theory, but on Carroll's own use of the term-- which, as I hope I implied, I think is inconsistent and ultimately incoherent. To grab a few quick quotes easily at hand, Carroll himself said: "Nothing is true. Everything is permitted... we still cannot find a single datum that remains true under all possible circumstances, nor evidence of the impossibility of anything under all possible circumstances" and also "We doubt that any facts actually exist. We only have observations and interpretations" and spoke of our "ability to live almost any truth." He contradicts himself on this-- he was a mathematician for heavens sake, and believed that one could analyze magical spells as probability equations of some kind!-- but as far as I know held to his own affirmations of randomness, radical relativity and perspectivism, and messiness to the end.
I am aware. I was basing my characterization not on the correct use of "chaos" in scientific theory, but on Carroll's own use of the term-- which, as I hope I implied, I think is inconsistent and ultimately incoherent. To grab a few quick quotes easily at hand, Carroll himself said: "Nothing is true. Everything is permitted... we still cannot find a single datum that remains true under all possible circumstances, nor evidence of the impossibility of anything under all possible circumstances" and also "We doubt that any facts actually exist. We only have observations and interpretations" and spoke of our "ability to live almost any truth." He contradicts himself on this-- he was a mathematician for heavens sake, and believed that one could analyze magical spells as probability equations of some kind!-- but as far as I know held to his own affirmations of randomness, radical relativity and perspectivism, and messiness to the end.