Why we cannot calculate the future, even when taking every single variable into account
In: Physics
Depends what you mean by “calculate the future”. We can predict things on large scales like the movement of stars and planets with pretty good accuracy.
The more accurately we want to predict something, the harder it gets. I think it will only ever be something that we can do on very small scales. Perfectly simulating even a small number of particles is very hard. And simulating every possible quantum state of a system is currently intractable.
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