Russell Standish wrote: >I have posted a number of times on this subject, and from experience, >I doubt I could convince you, even with a large reply. However, I >consider both the phenomna of "free will", and quantum mechanics to be >evidence of a random oracle at play. Note - I use the word _evidence_ >advisedly - its not proof. It is possible to explain away these >phenomena by more straightforward mechanistic means, however, all >these explanations I've seen to date have been thin and unconvincing.
Wouldn't a random oracle be able to run the algorith "pick a random integer between 0 and infinity, with an equal chance of each one?" This would seem to lead to paradoxes--for example, if two such numbers are chosen and written on slips of paper, then whichever slip we look at first, we can say there is a 100% chance the other one is larger. Also, I don't think a random oracle really solves the "free will" problem any better than a classical computer with a random number generator built in--why do you think it does? Jesse Mazer _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
