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Laplace's Demon

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Laplace's Demon
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RE: Laplace's Demon
May 22, 2017 at 3:38 am
Sagan pretty well disposed of the 'demon' in his essay 'Reflections on a Grain of Salt'. Essentially, I don't need to visit in situ every sodium and chlorine atom in a grain of salt in order to know where each atom is going to be - the principles governing chemical bonding and valences will tell me that. By extension, I don't need to know the state of the universe to get reasonable answers about the state of the universe.

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Laplace's Demon

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Laplace's Demon - by chimp3 - May 21, 2017 at 6:03 pm
RE: Laplace's Demon - by Alex K - May 22, 2017 at 1:45 am
RE: Laplace's Demon - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 22, 2017 at 3:38 am
RE: Laplace's Demon - by chimp3 - May 22, 2017 at 5:05 am
RE: Laplace's Demon - by Alex K - May 22, 2017 at 7:40 am
RE: Laplace's Demon - by chimp3 - May 22, 2017 at 6:31 pm
RE: Laplace's Demon - by Alex K - May 23, 2017 at 12:02 am
RE: Laplace's Demon - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 23, 2017 at 3:51 am
RE: Laplace's Demon - by bennyboy - May 23, 2017 at 5:12 am
RE: Laplace's Demon - by chimp3 - May 23, 2017 at 5:18 am



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