On Friday, April 12, 2013 10:15:27 AM UTC-4, telmo_menezes wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Stathis Papaioannou > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > 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. > > In my view, randomness = magic. >
I agree. Randomness is indistinguishable from incomplete interpretation. Craig > 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] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]<javascript:>. > > > 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.
