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red75prime t1_iwy72kg wrote

Reply to comment by Mortal-Region in Are you a determinist? Why/why not? How does that impact your view of the singularity? by Kaarssteun

You cannot precisely predict the future state of the universe while being within the same universe, even if you know all the data (which is impossible). Look for physical impossibility of Laplace's demon.

Belief in determinism is devoid of actionable insights (for now at least).

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Mortal-Region t1_iwyor4t wrote

The idea of a super-scientist making predictions is just a way to describe it. All that's really being claimed is that a given state is entirely determined by the prior state.

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