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TopicDoes chance exist?
red sox 777
02/18/12 8:17:00 PM
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As far as we can tell right now. Give me a sufficient mathematical model of the universe, along with sufficient initial conditions, and I can predict the future.

Our current physics theory says that is impossible even with a perfect model. There is fundamental randomness built into the universe. The best you could do with a perfect mathematical model of the universe is produce a perfect probability distribution of the future.

Of course, we don't have a grand theory of everything yet and our physics could be mistaken on this point. Probably not though.

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