On Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:30:05 PM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Craig Weinberg > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > 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. >
Ohh, so it's the special randomness which can be predicted by deterministic theories. Random until it isn't. Sounds intriguing. Think of intention as a probability theory which operates actively rather than passively. It allows us to make our predictions about random events come true frequently. The theory has a particular feature we call "effort" which modulates the degree to which we expect our predictions to come true. Craig > > > -- > 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.
