Determinism Is Self Defeating

[Red Celt]

What is the test for determinism?

Making accurate predictions everytime.

And not just predicting that a rock will roll to the bottom of a hill, but accurately predicting its path including every bounce and tumble.

When you can do that, talk to me then.

By that reckoning, flight was a nonsense prior to the Wright Brothers. Saying that we don't have the abilities to predict something complicated is not the same as saying that it is unpredictable. That is down to a lack of information (or processing power), rather than a lack of determinism.

The universe could exist with zero sentient life forms capable of such things... and still be deterministic. You're comparing apples with oranges.