Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
Originally Posted by Clarkm
Your science cannot predict a coin flip.


But it can predict a million within a margin of error.


pre·dict
prəˈdikt/
verb
say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something.
"it is too early to predict a result"
synonyms: forecast, foretell, foresee, prophesy, anticipate,..


When you get down to probability, your model is failing at that point.
That is why quantum mechanics is an incomplete theory.
It has been for 100 years. We are stuck.
The Schrodinger equation is a probability wave.

Read up on the difference between probabilistic and deterministic models.


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