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Old 30-December-2008, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Warren Platts View Post
If determinism were true, the universe would have to "know" not only its initial conditions absolutely perfectly, but also every other condition in between.
Ehrm, no.
At any time it only needs to "know" it's current state, which it does by being in it.
Why would it need to know anything about any other time than now?
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