Re: Freebits

2013-08-16 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, August 16, 2013 2:36:02 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > That the world is unpredictable because the initial conditions are > unknown and this is different from probabilistically unpredicability, aka > randomness, because you don't even know a probability distribution. He > speculates t

Re: Freebits

2013-08-16 Thread meekerdb
That the world is unpredictable because the initial conditions are unknown and this is different from probabilistically unpredicability, aka randomness, because you don't even know a probability distribution. He speculates that chaotic amplification might allow this to account for what he calls

Re: Freebits

2013-08-16 Thread Craig Weinberg
What new perspectives would you say are revealed in the paper? Can you sum them up? Craig On Friday, August 16, 2013 1:50:04 AM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > Here's a fascinating essay by Scott Aronson that is a really scientific, > operational exposition on the question of 'free will'; one which ta