Marsha to Platt:Hmmmm. Quantum Theory is based on chance? I thought it acknowledged uncertainty, but chance? By chance do you mean a dynamic spontaneity?
dmb says: William James said "chance" was just an insulting name for "freedom". A flattering name for freedom is "dynamic spontaneity". This idea of a random, meaningless universe ruled by chance is mechanistic, materialistic universe but the MOQ doesn't paint it that way at all. The notion that even subatomic particles express preferences implies that some level of consciousness, however limited, has always been a feature of reality. The process of evolution is guided from within, so to speak. The unfolding of the physical universe as well as the biological, social and intellectual course of evolution proceeds on the basis of quality decisions. It goes all the way down. That's not "God" and that's not random chance either. Thus, the "ooops" objection, which Platt has used 100 times, does not apply to the MOQ. [Krimel] That all sounds like clinging to the Myth of Control to me. Wishful thinking rooted in faith. Calling a probability distribution a "preference" makes it sound all warm and fuzzy. But it is just clinging to the Myth that something or someone is in charge. You are expanding the hyperbole of "preference" into a conceptual framework you call consciousness. It is just a fancy fuzzy security blanket. If you lose the "desire" for that warm fuzzy, you begin to appreciate the beauty of the fractal vistas that open up; supported on nothing but multidimensional probability fields. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
