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 Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan
Question:
Let's say your mind and observation capabilities were large enough to know everything about everything. You know "Bob" as well as his best friend could ever dream. You know when an asteroid will hit the earth to the millisecond. Etc.
If someone did actually have the capabilties of knowing every fine point of the present, could he conceivably predict the future?
Yes and no. We can already predict the future in many instances fairly accurately. But they are mostly with the elegant laws of nature. Once we get some elegant laws of biology and of human thought, then we'll be able to better answer your question. But I think the extent to which you're assuming the brain has limitless capabilities is a bit too far. We do have a near infinite ability to know, certainly enough brain power to understand lifetimes and lifetimes of knowledge. But it definitely has limitations. Just as motion in the universe is seemingly limited by the speed of light, knowledge in the mind will be limited by its size or structure or processing power.
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