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Originally Posted by rog1039
Does anyone think that once we build a complete and correct theory on the physics of the universe that we will have discovered everything there is to discover?
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End point is this: If everything in this universe is caused by the interactions between the most basic objects in the universe and are goverened by a set of laws, then once we discover these rules, what is left to discover?
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Just because you know the rules, doesn't mean you have any predictive power. Somebody already said it. The three body probelm in classical mechanics:
You have three equally massed objects in space.
They are governed by gravity.
Given initial conditions, solve the differential equation which describes their motion.
You can't. It's impossible.
In fact, if anything in physics tells us how limited our "knowledge" is, it would be quantum mechanics. QM says that the best you can do is to determine the probability of events, you never know for certain what will happen.
The Universe is Non-deterministic. The only way to know for sure, is to measure.