[In] Ancient Babylon... they were trying to predict three kinds of things.... where the planets would be, what the weather would be like, and who would win or lose a certain battle; and they had no idea which of these things would be more predictable than the other.

— Stephen Wolfram, Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe (2020)

Under a heading dated 15 September 2020.

Topics: complexity