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Clearly the initial quantum could not conceal in itself the whole course of evolution; but, according to the principle of indeterminacy, that is not necessary. Our world is now understood to be a world where something really happens; the whole story of the world need not have been written down in the first quantum like a song on the disc of a phonograph. The whole matter of the world must have been present at the beginning, but the story it has to tell may be written step by step. G. LeMaîTRE.

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Clearly the initial quantum could not conceal in itself the whole course of evolution; but, according to the principle of indeterminacy, that is not necessary. Our world is now understood to be a world where something really happens; the whole story of the world need not have been written down in the first quantum like a song on the disc of a phonograph. The whole matter of the world must have been present at the beginning, but the story it has to tell may be written step by step. G. LeMaîTRE.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 16:11:02 UTC Robert McNees
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The last paragraph of Lemaître's 1931 paper is a poetic rumination on determinism in a Universe that has a beginning, and is described by physical laws.
It sings to me.

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