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Causal loops in quantum theory is a subject pretty close to my heart. That said, I would approach it bottom-up, rather from this cosmological standpoi...
October 08, 2020 at 23:50
I've read this a few times now and I'm still not sure I grasp the thesis. That is, I'm not sure which you think are the key points. The most peculiar ...
October 08, 2020 at 23:30
Is this a wind-up? I have never had so many notifications on a thread I have no interest in. And please don't give me lessons on manners. I answered o...
October 08, 2020 at 21:35
A neuroscientist can scan your brain and determine what decision you'll reach before you reach it, for some test scenarios. There's a good reason for ...
October 08, 2020 at 17:17
The best (and only good) anti-natalism argument.
October 08, 2020 at 16:39
Yes, that's the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
October 08, 2020 at 08:40
Yes, the net is being cast very broadly in what constitutes randomness. Our ignorance, the complexity of the system, and the sensitivity of its laws t...
October 08, 2020 at 07:22
That's right, which is why I cited the measurement problem as a potential disproof of determinism. Unfortunately we don't have a testable theory of me...
October 08, 2020 at 07:03
I'm not involved in this thread at all. Stop @ing me in it.
October 07, 2020 at 17:35
Does this resolve beyond the cogito? I can doubt whether I exist, which implies the existence of a subject (self) and an object (self) because they ar...
October 07, 2020 at 10:11
Excuse me, I did one post on the matter because I was explicitly asked for input. I am not hijacking the thread.
October 07, 2020 at 09:34
I understand why you're evading the question, but even you must see this is horrifically inconsistent. On the one hand, things seem deterministic but,...
October 07, 2020 at 09:31
Okay, so irrespective of the actual physics, if we use stochastic methods to model them, they're random. So when I said: you really were insisting tha...
October 07, 2020 at 08:07
No, I understand that, that is, as you say, very simple. Simplistic, even. You said the above paper 'looks like a duck', i.e. "displays a behaviour re...
October 07, 2020 at 07:46
So, let me get this straight... You are aware that stochastic methods are employed to model both random and intractable, statistical systems. And you'...
October 07, 2020 at 07:01
As you will, but if you are aware that stochastic methods are used to model deterministic processes and yet insist that anything modelled stochastical...
October 07, 2020 at 06:39
Indeed. Point being you can't read 'stochastic' and infer 'non-deterministic'. For instance, Brownian motion is modelled stochastically. That is not t...
October 06, 2020 at 21:55
Yes, that is the measurement problem. At a given time, we know how much of the wavefunction should be |decayed> and how much |undecayed> but we don't ...
October 06, 2020 at 21:43
Stochastic methods are used for all sorts of intractable deterministic, statistical applications.
October 06, 2020 at 21:10
No, it's not. Being able to approximate the laws of the universe well is dependent on the universe -- or at least the part of it being modelled -- beh...
October 06, 2020 at 20:10
So, yes, radioactive decay is an example of a quantum field theory, the electroweak theory. But it isn't characterised by atoms or hadrons either spit...
October 06, 2020 at 19:56
Yes. The Universe appears to behave deterministically... We can write down formulae to predict outcomes and find them reliable: x in, y out. (With or ...
October 06, 2020 at 17:35
Ah. Yes, having basically the same conversation with the same person on another thread. I didn't really get anywhere with it, but good luck.
October 06, 2020 at 17:24
Yeah, I think it's pretty mundane stuff. Certain quantum phenomena like tunnelling and the exclusion principle have small effects on simple chemicals ...
October 06, 2020 at 17:22
I think we're speaking at cross purposes; possibly I misunderstood your earlier point. Reading back, what I think you were referring to was random flu...
October 06, 2020 at 17:14
Determinism is not dependent on being able to rewind the universe. As I said, you don't know my position. It would probably surprise you. It's not a m...
October 06, 2020 at 16:51
There's been a recent paper in which quantum entanglement between two large (i.e. compared with atoms) objects were entangled over a distance, but yes...
October 06, 2020 at 13:25
And yet when you rewind a VHS and play it again, you do expect exactly the same movie, not a random one. ??? That's real. Magically rewinding the univ...
October 06, 2020 at 13:04
Yes, this is indeterminism-of-the-gaps. As our technology improves, error reduces, and this alleged non-determinism of nature is obliged to retreat. I...
October 06, 2020 at 11:39
If this were true, science wouldn't work, technology wouldn't work. One has to be able to know a sufficient amount of information in order to guarante...
October 06, 2020 at 11:24
Okay cool. Sorry, it's come across several times like you're willfully misunderstanding everything. Obviously there's a slight language barrier and I ...
October 06, 2020 at 08:36
Can I ask... Is English your first language?
October 06, 2020 at 07:14
Oh? You get your knowledge that from divine revelation, I suppose. If you're going to be an idiot, I'll leave you to it.
October 06, 2020 at 07:13
What I mean is that as we measure, say, the spin of a neutron to ever greater precision, the degree of freedom of non-determinism to show its face get...
October 06, 2020 at 07:10
There are no random fluctuations in the wavefunction. In even the probabilistic interpretations of QM the wavefunction evolves deterministically under...
October 05, 2020 at 22:06
Do as you please, but don't expect kudos for it.
October 05, 2020 at 21:45
I found that no amount of explanation is going to demonstrate how that question demonstrates zero understanding.
October 05, 2020 at 21:42
Again, not relevant. Newton's laws are sufficient to wang a probe around the solar system for a few decades and land it in your back garden. Tackling ...
October 05, 2020 at 21:30
If the relevant information required omniscience, it would not be a good test for determinism. Gimme a holler when you acquire the ability to retain i...
October 05, 2020 at 20:42
Through gritted teeth... all relevant information
October 05, 2020 at 20:35
And, as I keep saying, you don't to devise a particular experiment. Any experiment that fulfils those criteria would suffice. The important thing woul...
October 05, 2020 at 20:33
Can you explain this in more detail? Why would a non-deterministic world appear like ours? Why would a non-deterministic world "appear" at all? You po...
October 05, 2020 at 20:29
I'm not convinced you've understood me at all. The phrasing for knowability I gave above was "all relevant information". For an experiment that is ins...
October 05, 2020 at 18:39
UBI is also backed by the Glib Dems. I think that's going to be a mainstay of the progressive platform in the near future; 51% of voters support it. T...
October 05, 2020 at 17:37
Agreed, but it's important to be aware of why, and not lump unknowns, intractability, and genuine non-determinism into one catch-all. Otherwise you ge...
October 05, 2020 at 17:06
It only has to be known to the requisite precision of the experiment. In the Galton box, this would be extremely high, but not necessarily perfect. In...
October 05, 2020 at 16:47
Yes, lots of experiments have relied on initial states prepared to high precision. Yes, and that is a great example of unknowability in a chaotic syst...
October 05, 2020 at 13:20
Actually, we haven't touched on my beliefs yet which are a little more exotic. I'm merely criticising your belief atm. It only takes one observation w...
October 05, 2020 at 12:02
That sounds like a cherished belief. It has no value in science.
October 05, 2020 at 11:15