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Sometimes people take the view that even with classical (or U-quantum) determinism there is no effective determinism, because the initial conditions cannot ever be well-enough known that the future could actually be computed. Sometimes very small changes in the initial conditions can lead to very large differences in the final outcome. This is what happens, for example, in the phenomenon known as ‘chaos’ in a (classical) deterministic system – an example being the uncertainty of weather prediction. However, it is very hard to believe that this kind of classical uncertainty can be what allows ...more
The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Oxford Landmark Science)
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