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It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

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Arthur Eddington
Age: 61 †
Born: 1882
Born: December 28
Died: 1944
Died: November 22
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Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
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