他们认为预测只是跟踪事物的功能。如果您知道足够多，就可以预测任何东西。自牛顿以来，这一直珍惜科学信念。
(They believed that prediction was just a function of keeping track of things. If you knew enough, you could predict anything. That's been cherished scientific belief since Newton.'And?'Chaos theory throws it right out the window.)