I can't give you a full education in physics and such, but let me break it down for you.
We have discovered "laws" of nature that describe, perfectly, the behavior of matter and energy in all circumstances.
These laws are entirely consistent and not in any way contradictory.
The laws give rise to mathematical formula that aren't just difficult to solve, but provably IMPOSSIBLE to solve.
Except in some extraordinary circumstances, we cannot make any predictions at all about the behavior of matter and energy. These extraordinary circumstances are so rare that in order to achieve them we must build purpose-built machines designed to create the conditions. (IE, laminar flow.)
Whether or not you can exactly measure the initial conditions -- the state of matter before you make your predictions -- is largely irrelevant. You can't measure anything exactly (error is everywhere) and that in and of itself means you can never make any meaningful predictions.
That said, there are certain broad and general observations we can make. IE, heat flows from hot to cold, etc... We can definitely measure temperature and heat flow and indeed, it will always flow hot to cold, even though we cannot predict everything about the flow.
“Always” has a caveat of “under these conditions” and you agree that we don’t perfectly know our conditions.
So I guess we would both agree then that we can learn more about what is occurring but what you’re saying more precisely is that we’ll never be able to predict exactly what happens.
I can't give you a full education in physics and such, but let me break it down for you.
Whether or not you can exactly measure the initial conditions -- the state of matter before you make your predictions -- is largely irrelevant. You can't measure anything exactly (error is everywhere) and that in and of itself means you can never make any meaningful predictions.
That said, there are certain broad and general observations we can make. IE, heat flows from hot to cold, etc... We can definitely measure temperature and heat flow and indeed, it will always flow hot to cold, even though we cannot predict everything about the flow.
“Always” has a caveat of “under these conditions” and you agree that we don’t perfectly know our conditions.
So I guess we would both agree then that we can learn more about what is occurring but what you’re saying more precisely is that we’ll never be able to predict exactly what happens.
Cool thanks