We can predict the odds of attaining one outcome, we can predict the odds of another, but we generally can’t predict which will actually happen.
This is a form of faith-based science. On the one hand, it is giving over to the fact that hard core objective empiricism is untenable for a human finite mind. On the other, it makes the human observer the final arbiter of reality and allows for even the most ridiculous theories to be entertained on the grounds that literally anything is possible.
