RE: How flexible is the principle of causality?
March 17, 2014 at 10:03 pm
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2014 at 10:04 pm by Mudhammam.)
Fascinating stuff, Alex and bennyboy. I'll have to let that mull around in my head for awhile. Bennyboy, you said:
I agree in some sense...I mean this is undeniably true but... two things: isn't it kind of a cop out? And does that mean you're a fatalist? I mean, say for example the person who wins the lottery--only one winner is actually possible--but can you really say that only that person could have actually won? Does everything happen necessarily? That would seem to be the implication.
Quote:However, it's really non sequitur to then say that things could have turned out differently: there's no way, ever, under any circumstances, that we will get to replay a measurement of the same particle at the same space AND TIME, and see if it would have "rolled" a different outcome.
I agree in some sense...I mean this is undeniably true but... two things: isn't it kind of a cop out? And does that mean you're a fatalist? I mean, say for example the person who wins the lottery--only one winner is actually possible--but can you really say that only that person could have actually won? Does everything happen necessarily? That would seem to be the implication.
