The role of chance and contingency in life (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 00:49 (3385 days ago) @ George Jelliss

George: The orbits of asteroid and Earth may be calculable to an extent, but not over the whole history of the evolution of the solar system. Tiny differences in events, possibly down to the level of quantum uncertainty combined with chaos make it incalculable, even by an impossible being with infinitely improbable capabilities, like a Maxwell's demon, and is therefore random. 
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> Was going to say something else but have forgotten what!-Thanks for presenting an excellent point. Our solar system and its universe are not truly clockwork.-What will Tony comment?-Please give us your other thought when it reappears. At my age I know the frustration of the aging brain.