The Past as a Stochastic Process

David H. Wolpert,1, 2, 3 Michael H. Price,1 Stefani A. Crabtree,1, 4 Timothy A. Kohler,1, 5, 6 Jürgen Jost,1, 7 James Evans,1, 8 Peter F. Stadler,1, 9, 7 Hajime Shimao,1 and Manfred D. Laubichler1, 3 Santa Fe Institute Complexity Science Hub Vienna Arizona State University Utah State University Washington State University Crow Canyon Archaeological Center The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Science University of Chicago Leipzig University

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