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"When the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future," per the mathematician Edward Lorenz (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaos

(Other definitions for chaos that I've seen before include "Absence of order" , "Total disorder and confusion" , "Complete disorder and confusion" , "disarray" , "Utter confusion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.
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