On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 07:07:50PM -0800, Jack Mallah wrote: > > That actually doesn't matter - causation is defined in terms of > counterfactuals. If - then, considering what happens at that moment of > saving the data. If x=1 and y=1, and I copy the contents of x to z, that is > not the same causal relationship as if I had copied y to z. >
But surely the counterfactuals are the same in each case too? In which case it is the same causal relationship. We're talking computations here, each computation will respond identically to the same counterfactual input. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
