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aurareturn on June 16, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is gravity just entropy rising? Long-shot idea get...

If we knew the exact state of all particles in an enclosed system, we can calculate what future states will be exactly. No need to calculate possible states.

mensetmanusman on June 16, 2025 | [–]

Quantum uncertainty actually says no to this. There is an ‘error’ in any propagating probability field.

IAmBroom on June 16, 2025 | [–]

Since that's not possible in any physical system of one or more particles, it's irrelevant.

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