John Mikes writes: > Peter: > "... A counterfactual is a COUNTERfactual - -it is > something that could have happenned but didn't. There is no > reason why we should be conscious of in things > we coudl have done but didn't. ..." > > JM: > It could not have happened in another way if it did happen THIS way.. WE may > think - in our limited circle of knowledge - that something else was also > viable, but in the deterministic world of a total (unlimited, not > model-enclosed) interconnectedness - whatever happened, was "the" possible > way of events. > I am not talking about HP universes or thought experiments.
Yes: the mere fact that we *think* it could have happened differently does not mean that it could have happened differently. It could be that there is just a single deterministic universe and we are just playing out our lives like actors in a film. God knows exactly how I'm going to finish this sentence, even if I don't until after the fact. Stathis Papaioannou _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
