After Newton propounded his laws of gravitation and mechanics, Laplace pointed out that if a powerful intellect (usually called Laplace's demon) possessed an understanding of Newton's laws, and had a description of the current position and momentum of each particle in the universe, and the requisite mathematical ability, that powerful intellect could predict and retrodict every event in the history of the universe.
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After Newton propounded his laws of gravitation and mechanics, Laplace pointed out that if a powerful intellect (usually called Laplace's demon) possessed an understanding of Newton's laws, and had a description of the current position and momentum of each particle in the universe, and the requisite mathematical ability, that powerful intellect could predict and retrodict every event in the history of the universe.
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