yay ... we all agree on something ;-p On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Vladimir Nesov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> BillK wrote: >>> >>> Nobody has mentioned this yet..... >>> >>> <http://www.physorg.com/news146319784.html> >> >> I got a draft version of the paper earlier this year, and after a quick scan >> I filed it under 'junk'. >> >> I just read it through again, and the filing stays the same. >> > > I have to agree. The paper attacks a strawman by blanket assertions. > Even worse, the attack itself is flawed: in section 2 he tries to > define the concept of "control", and, having trouble with free > will-like issues, produces a combination of brittle and nontechnical > assertions. As a result, in his own example (at the very end of > section 2), a doctor is considered "in control" of treating a patient > only if he can prescribe *arbitrary* treatment that doesn't depend on > the patient (or his illness). > > -- > Vladimir Nesov > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://causalityrelay.wordpress.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >
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