So Zarathustra must affirm the dwarf's doctrine of eternal recurrence if he is to come to terms with what it means to live in a deterministic universe.

Existentialists argue that while no intrinsic meaning has been designed in a deterministic universe, we each can provide a meaning for ourselves.

Physical determinism generally refers to the assertion of a deterministic physical universe (greater physical system).

Their 'mind in a deterministic universe' has given way to 'mind in an unlimited universe' where anything may happen.

The deterministic universe which Miss Lje paints was a common feature of the old relativity theories, and as sheer speculation has an even longer history.

The answer seems to be that once collapse begins, a deterministic universe allows no escape for pockets of spacetime.

Why didn't you just leave us alone to do what we're fated to do in this deterministic universe you're postulating?

By assuming a deterministic physical universe, the objection can be formulated more precisely.

This allows a deterministic universe to nevertheless contain responsibility and the feeling of autonomy for us.

Wolfram suggests that the theory of computational irreducibility may provide a resolution to the existence of free will in a nominally deterministic universe.