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[Theoretical Computing] Could a sufficiently powerful computer that has perfect observation & input predict the future?

Hypothetically...If it were possible for every electron that has a current position, and a momentum, and a trajectory...to be measured and recorded by a computer...

isn't it logical to assume that a sufficiently powerful computer could compute/predict the future? (i.e. the location of those quarks, electrons, & atoms 1 second into the future based on current position, speed, trajectory, and gravitational/electrical push/pull of nearby objects.)

The electrons are orbiting each other like the planets are, affecting one another as they pass by. Everything has a small pull on everything else. If we knew the position of every single one...could we tell the future?

TLDR: I often struggle with how free will can exist if everything already has a state. It seems to me like reality is simply an infinitely complex equation (particles rotating around one another) that **does have a hypothetical solution as to where they will be next.**
gpt
Current Quantum Mechanics says no. All objects on a fundamental level have an inherent uncertainty in their position and momentum. For a large scale observer (motion of planets, stars, thrown objects, etc.) then it would be possible but on the scale of individual atoms and electrons it would be completely impossible to precisely know where any of them are or how quickly they're travelling, it's determined by probabilities.