Hi! What does «be wrestled into submission» mean here: Others may be wrestled into submission by the end of this century: Is the universe deterministic?

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Question

Hi! What does «be wrestled into submission» mean here: Others may be wrestled into submission by the end of this century: Is the universe deterministic?

Thanks!

Answer

Submission (to submit) means accepting/yielding to something that is stronger than you.
Being "wrestled into submission" means "to be made to accept something in a forceful way". Maybe the author here means that people will have no choice to accept the notion.

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