Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 21:15:43 08/06/02
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On August 06, 2002 at 19:15:05, José Carlos wrote: >On August 06, 2002 at 18:34:12, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On August 06, 2002 at 17:19:38, Russell Reagan wrote: >> >>>On August 06, 2002 at 15:15:08, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >>> >>>>PS: Anyway, that is not so true because it is impossible to know all the >>>>variables without altered them. >>> >>>He was speaking from a purely theoretical point of view of course, since it's >>>impossible to measure every possible variable, and even if it were, it would >>>alter some of them as you said. However, that doesn't make it false in theory. >>> >>>Russell >> >>Yes it does actually. Heisenbergs uncertainty principle is a fundamental law, >>quantum theory doesn't work without it. >>To assume you could know all variables with infinite precision would be an >>invalid assumption, _even_ as a thought experiment. >> >>So in deep down nothing is determanistic, but on our scale the world acts >>differently and we can for the most part completely forget about this principle. >>It plays no role in the flipping of a coin, for instance. >> >>-S. > > ...If you accept quantum mechanics as "totally correct". Well, I don't, but >that's way off topic. The only absolute truth we can know is that we can't know >any absolute truth... I we are allowed to doubt about the correctness of quantum mechanics they I am allowed to doubt about all the laws that Russel's professor could potentially use to predict the weather in Michigan at any time knowing all the variables between the sun and the earth. Regards, Miguel > > José C.
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