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Seems to me that science has always claimed to see the world from a God's eye view, from the outside, whether or not it was expected a God was there t...
August 25, 2019 at 03:12
Random - Of or characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen. I don't see why that implie...
August 25, 2019 at 03:04
"Empirical" predictability - billiard balls. Probabilistic predictability - coin flips Only in the sense everything only exists in the human mind as i...
August 25, 2019 at 02:59
Whether or not we are leaving "the age of mechanism" I don't think there's any reason to throw out the scientific baby with the bathwater. Or is it th...
August 25, 2019 at 02:54
True, but I don't see how it's relevant to the discussion.
August 24, 2019 at 19:51
That's not what I meant. I was trying to say that I don't think science needs determinism as defined in the OP conceptually in order continue successf...
August 24, 2019 at 19:38
Free will and determinism get discussed frequently here on the forum. I don't think I've ever seen the issues laid out better and more clearly than yo...
August 24, 2019 at 19:35
I agree with both statements. Causal determinism is the concept that is being examined in this thread. Do you think science will fall apart without it...
August 24, 2019 at 19:14
I went back and checked to make sure I understood what you were responding to. I think I did. Yes, a bit more detail would be helpful.
August 24, 2019 at 18:33
Here's what you wrote: I don't see how our confidence that mead won't spontaneously turn into petroleum has anything to do with determinism as we are ...
August 24, 2019 at 18:26
Thanks for the clarification. I think I understand what you're trying to say and I agree up to a point. I guess it all comes back to The substance of ...
August 24, 2019 at 18:03
I think I understand what you're saying and I think I agree with you. Could you clarify a bit for someone barely literate in probability and statistic...
August 24, 2019 at 17:25
You're oversimplifying and you're stepping outside the bounds of the specific definitions of "determinism" used in the OP which, as I said, are:
August 24, 2019 at 17:18
Two problems with this. 1) I'm talking about physical determinism, you're talking about logical determinism. Not the same thing at all. 2) I've made i...
August 24, 2019 at 17:03
Again, my only point in this regard is that some believe QM is deterministic. I have no position on any of those arguments. My position is that since ...
August 24, 2019 at 08:48
Agreed. Just to be clear, you are referring to metaphysical and epistemological truths, is that correct? If so, then yes, it's a matter of preference ...
August 24, 2019 at 08:41
Wait - I like this one better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv4eTE0aUiQ
August 24, 2019 at 08:34
I think I agree with your interpretation but, again, it doesn't have any impact on my position. It's just another example of the case I am trying to m...
August 24, 2019 at 08:27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg8RfnFhNIw
August 24, 2019 at 08:06
Suivita is a horse? No listing on the web for nostervita.
August 24, 2019 at 02:39
I didn't say it wasn't relevant, I said that, as I understand it, QM is considered deterministic. I just went and looked on the web. Apparently that i...
August 24, 2019 at 00:29
It would be helpful if you defined what you mean by quintessential rather than just throwing it out there without explanation.
August 24, 2019 at 00:20
I've said this several times previously in this thread - this is a metaphysical/epistemological issue. There is no proving required. It's a question o...
August 24, 2019 at 00:16
It tells me that, if I bet $1.00 on the fair coin, the expected value of the bet for me is $1.00. If I bet on the unfair coin and I call heads, the ex...
August 23, 2019 at 18:45
Which brings us back to the point I've been trying to make. In sufficiently complex systems, which are not all that complex, (1) and (2) are not human...
August 23, 2019 at 18:34
Actually, if I flip a coin 1,000 times, it's unlikely that exactly 50% of the flips will be heads. It is certain, though, that if I flip 1,000 times a...
August 23, 2019 at 18:04
As I've said, there are times when knowing all relevant information isn't possible, even in theory. Even if it were possible, that information would a...
August 23, 2019 at 15:19
As I said previously: At that point, in my, and others, opinions, it stops being deterministic.
August 23, 2019 at 15:15
That quote was from the journal paper Wittgenstein linked me to. I wasn't trying to make a point by using that word. If it confuses things, we can jus...
August 23, 2019 at 15:10
Yes, I agree completely. "You can say that, but there is nothing stopping people speculating.." Sounds like a definition of "philosophy" to me. I say ...
August 23, 2019 at 14:55
That was one of the points I was trying to make. In my opinion if something is so difficult to predict that it is and will never be possible to do so,...
August 23, 2019 at 07:19
I don't think I was clear enough. AUP doesn't seem "wrong intuitively" to me, I just don't think it changes my argument. As I said, it seems to me it'...
August 23, 2019 at 06:55
I don't think that is the reason predictability and determinism are assumed to be equivalent. I think they genuinely are, in all meaningful ways, equi...
August 23, 2019 at 06:41
When I look at the definitions of determinism above, it seems to me it's talking about, not the ability to predict that after 1,000 throws there will ...
August 22, 2019 at 23:15
Just to be clear, I disagree with the quote you attributed to me. That's not my position, it's the position of the paper I referenced. It seems you're...
August 22, 2019 at 23:07
One of the reasons I didn't like the article you linked to was how poorly I thought it described the issues you are talking about above. I guess the p...
August 22, 2019 at 22:31
In another thread, @"Wayfarer" recommended the following book - Baggott, Jim. Farewell to Reality: How Modern Physics Has Betrayed the Search for Scie...
August 22, 2019 at 20:44
I get the feeling I've stepped off a cliff with this statement. On the forum, unlike in roadrunner cartoons, I have time to step back before I fall. I...
August 22, 2019 at 20:32
To a certain extent. Actually, his name comes up a lot when you type "determinism vs. predictability" on the web. How is he specifically relevant? We'...
August 22, 2019 at 20:27
In the past I've said that epistemology belongs as part of metaphysics along with ontology. Actually, at heart, when I say that there's no difference ...
August 22, 2019 at 20:19
OP Part 2 First, some definitions. Here are some definitions of “determinism” from various places: This is from the article Wittgenstein linked to - “...
August 22, 2019 at 20:15
I liked the article too. I had never heard of Peirce until I watched the Bryan Magee interview on American pragmatists. @"jamalrob" linked to the Mage...
August 21, 2019 at 13:28
I think you’re probably right.
August 21, 2019 at 13:19
I think this a valuable way of looking at things, but most people don’t. I wouldn’t call it “relativistic” though. I think it’s the least relativistic...
August 21, 2019 at 13:17
That’s what the Christians, Jews, and Muslims believe, but what does God think?
August 21, 2019 at 12:20
Some trace, like the world, for example.
August 21, 2019 at 12:16
Then how about microorganisms. Did Lewenhook bring them into existence?
August 21, 2019 at 12:14
Christians certainly believe that God existed before their religion did. He created the world. If you don't believe that, you're not really a Christia...
August 21, 2019 at 03:41
This seems really familiar, but wasn't there something about a frog?
August 21, 2019 at 03:23
Hows about you define just exactly what a "racket" is in this context.
August 21, 2019 at 01:08