On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On Thursday, April 11, 2013 3:29:51 PM UTC-4, John Clark wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> > If matter is deterministic, how could it behave in a random way? >>> >>> >>> It couldn't. >> >> >> Are you saying then that matter is random, or that it is neither random nor >> deterministic? > > Matter behaves randomly, but probability theory allows us to make > predictions about random events.
In my view, randomness = magic. The MWI and Comp are the only theories I've seen so far that do not require magic to explain observed randomness. > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
