Quotes about Predetermined
We also give up on the quest for truth when we marshal all forces—in exegesis and history as well as in philosophical, moral, and practical theology—to "discover" and corroborate predetermined dogmatic stances.
— Miroslav Volf
First, truth is made up of information and facts, but it also includes God's original intent, which makes it the absolute standard by which you can measure everything else. Second, truth has already been predetermined—decided ahead of time—by God. And third, what is true of you on the inside needs to be true of you on the outside.
— Tony Evans
There was always a trick to beating a computer-controlled opponent. At a game like this, a gifted human player could always triumph over the game's AI, because software couldn't improvise. It could either react randomly, or in a limited number of predetermined ways, based on a finite number of preprogrammed conditions. This was an axiom in videogames, and would be until humans invented true artificial intelligence.
— Ernest Cline
a gifted human player could always triumph over the game's AI, because software couldn't improvise. It could either react randomly, or in a limited number of predetermined ways, based on a finite number of preprogrammed conditions. This was an axiom in videogames, and would be until humans invented true artificial intelligence.
— Ernest Cline
Some fates are guaranteed, no matter who tries to intervene.
— Alice Hoffman
A success is anyone who is realizing a worthy predetermined ideal, because that's what he or she decided to do …
— Earl Nightingale