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Subject: The quantum flaw

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Date Posted: 08:13:59 06/20/01 Wed
In reply to: Flannel 's message, "Information Processing Theory" on 08:42:45 06/07/01 Thu

Hello everyone. Mephster pointed out the existance of this place, so I thought I would add my two cents if no one minds.

On the information processing theory:

"that simulation would choose in all cases the same choices as the person it was simulating"

This might have been a valid statement at one point, but to be argued now, one must realize that the simulation will not output the same choices, but as in quantum mechanics, an array of possibly feasable choices. Don't read into my words here too much though. I haven't said that free will lies in quantum undulations, but only said simulation will fall short of a perfect prediction of anything. This would apply to all acts of nature; not just those of mankind.

However, some have tried to claim that such gaps in certainty lead to free will, or at the least, divine intervention. I will not represent such claims because I don't know them well, but they are out there. One such is known as Quantum Creativity. In that system, all things "creative" are exempt from causality. For those logic fans, just look at the failings of supervienience.

The main point is that even though free will might not be found in the mysteries of Quantum-electrodynamics, neither is complete causality.

So in conclusion, we just can't say one way or another based on the information processing theory.

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