--- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote:
>
> Steve,
> Â
> You are smart enough to cover both 'chance' and 'necessity'. These two also
> include all four:
> Â
> God,
> Fate,
> Chance, and
> Chaos.
> Â
> Nobody can argue with you.
> Â
> The question remains whether 'chance' has some 'necessity' elements, like in
> the case of Heisenburg Uncertainty Prinicple. From the uncertain location and
> velocity, it leads to the certainty of probability and all the way to quantum
> mechanics.
> Â
> Anthony
>
> Anthony, I am not trying to dodge the question! What I have said is the
> generally accepted scientific view at this time. Reality is probabilistic,
> not rigidly determined. BTW, you are probably well educated on Buddhism
> enough to know that Gotama vigorously opposed the view-point of the Hindu
> Gosala, who was a determinist. Gosala's view-point was likely similar to
> Advaita Vedanta today.
Steve
>
>
>
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