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How flexible is the principle of causality?
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RE: How flexible is the principle of causality?
(March 18, 2014 at 7:25 am)tor Wrote: I as a physicist clarify that uncertainty principle doesn't give you proof of true randomness. All it does is show that we can't know the future 100% certain. But not knowing the outcome doesn't prove it's random.
Wow, it's almost like I just said that a couple posts ago. I as a guy with a computer clarify that the navigation buttons on this site work fine.

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Quote:I'm an agnostic with leanings toward substance dualism, or to transcendent emergence. (by which I mean that once a sentient agent "ascends" out of the pseudo-random soup of particles in the universe, it can function freely DESPITE being completely rooted in deterministic processes. Crazy stuff, right?
Not crazy just stupid and false.
Pretty dismissive for a guy who's just parroted what I said yesterday. I'd be offended, but since I don't know if you could have turned out otherwise, I do not know whether it's right to blame you for being a prick. Tongue
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RE: How flexible is the principle of causality? - by tor - March 18, 2014 at 7:25 am
RE: How flexible is the principle of causality? - by tor - March 18, 2014 at 8:21 am
RE: How flexible is the principle of causality? - by bennyboy - March 18, 2014 at 8:20 am
RE: How flexible is the principle of causality? - by tor - March 18, 2014 at 8:27 am
RE: How flexible is the principle of causality? - by tor - March 18, 2014 at 8:38 am
RE: How flexible is the principle of causality? - by tor - March 18, 2014 at 9:02 am
RE: How flexible is the principle of causality? - by tor - March 18, 2014 at 9:23 am
RE: How flexible is the principle of causality? - by tor - March 18, 2014 at 9:37 am
RE: How flexible is the principle of causality? - by tor - March 18, 2014 at 9:41 am

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