Deterministic Quotes

#1. Classical mechanics gave us a deterministic view of the world. Quantum mechanics, conversely, gives us a probabilistic view instead. According to Newton, if you know the cause af an event, you can predict the outcome. According to M.Born, you can only predict how likely that outcome will be.

Leonid V. Azaroff

#2. I wanted to let form lead my thinking, and repetition always confronts you with the interesting problem of how to break out of a cycle that seems so deterministic, which was germane to the story's concerns.

Catherine Brady

#3. Man is a deterministic device thrown into a probabilistic universe. In this match, surprises are expected.

Michael Lewis

#4. Generating a system architecture is not a deterministic process. It requires careful consideration of business requirements, technology choices, existing infrastructure and systems, and actual physical resources, such as budget and manpower.

Andrew Holdsworth

#5. Genes are deterministic but they are not destiny.

Jennifer Ouellette

#6. Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

John Von Neumann

#7. IN CHAOS THEORY, THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT IS THE SENSITIVE DEPENDENCY ON INITIAL CONDITIONS IN WHICH A SMALL CHANGE AT ONE PLACE IN A DETERMINISTIC NONLINEAR SYSTEM CAN RESULT IN LARGE DIFFERENCES IN A LATER STATE.

Teresa Mummert

#8. It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it is in any animal merely statistical - not deterministic.

Richard Dawkins

#9. The U.S. Supreme Court has called free will a "universal and persistent" foundation for our system of law, distinct from "a deterministic view of human conduct that is inconsistent with the underlying precepts of our criminal justice system" (United States v. Grayson, 1978).

Sam Harris

#10. Exploratory wells located invariably by a set of deterministic seismic interpretations are drilled into reservoirs under uncertainty that is invariably poorly quantified, the geologic models yawning to be optimized by a mindset that is educated in a data-driven methodology.

Keith Holdaway

#11. Pregnancy demonstrates the deterministic character of woman's sexuality.

Camille Paglia

#12. It struck me as an operational way to define free will, in a way that allowed you to reconcile free will with determinism. The system is deterministic, but you can't say what it's going to do next.

James Gleick

#13. The world is deterministic, but it's chaotic and emergent.

David Weinberger

#14. People think genes are an absolute cause of traits. But the notion that the genome is the blueprint for humanity is a very bad metaphor. If you think we're hard-wired and deterministic, there should indeed be a lot more genes.

Craig Venter

#15. Hey, chaotic trajectories are just as deterministic as any other kind.

Peter Watts

#16. The world is neither running down nor deterministic, and a strict division of order versus chaos is just wrong.

Gregory Benford

#17. We are living in a dynamic age with multiple ideas and beliefs of correctness; this world is not deterministic and not still.

Li Ka-shing

#18. The universe is deterministic all right, just like Newton said, I mean it's trying to be, but the only thing going wrong is people fancying people who aren't supposed to be in that part of the plan.

Tom Stoppard

#19. And who would deny that the consumer demand for ever more stuff at ever cheaper prices is one of the great deterministic forces in history?

Michael Lewis

#20. Everything, including that which happens in our brains, depends on these and only on these: A set of fixed, deterministic laws.

Marvin Minsky

#21. The future is deterministic in principle, but not in practice.

David Gilmour

#22. This proposal would mean our Universe is entirely deterministic, our lives the result of a gigantic computer program that we live within and form part of.

James Tagg

#23. Evolution is surely most deterministic for those still unaware of it

Richard D. Alexander

#24. I would have liked to experience more of the heptapods' worldview, to feel the way they feel. Then, perhaps I could immerse myself fully in the necessity of events, as the must, instead of merely wading in its surf for the rest of my life.

Ted Chiang

#25. One must never be satisfied with his ability to love. No matter where he is, it is always just a beginning.

Leo Buscaglia

#26. The state has no place in the nation's bedrooms.

Pierre Trudeau

#27. They say that time heals all wounds. I've never believed that. Time may dampen the severity of a wound, but no true wound is ever completely healed. A scar lasts forever no matter how much Mederma you lather on it. The memory of a tattoo will be there long after you've had it burnt off.

Jamie Schoffman

#28. Those who give much without sacrifice are reckoned as having given little.

Erwin W. Lutzer

#29. Fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. I can only reiterate the importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family life.

Pope Francis

#30. Kellie took in a deep breath before going on. "Tristan, I don't want to lose you, but I think underneath," she placed her hand on my chest, over my heart, "I think you're in love with her.

Angela McPherson

#31. The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.

Henry Fielding

#32. As always, I appreciate all the love and support people have sent and continue to send my way.

Patrick Swayze

#33. You cannot win the future if you don't forgive your past

Ikechukwu Joseph

#34. You create superheroes to take care of problems that can't really be solved another way.

Robert Rodriguez

#35. Are you going to take Sang to the football games, Dakota? It'd make a nice date."
( ... ) "Holy shit," Gabriel said. "The first time Sang gets asked out and it's by Kota's mother.

C.L.Stone