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Subject: Curious: Read any quantum mechanics?


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Bizel2001
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Date Posted: 22:39:13 06/27/01 Wed
In reply to: lark33i 's message, "free will and determinism?" on 06:26:12 06/08/01 Fri
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I'm curious as to whether or not you've read any literature on quantum mechanics?

As far as we can tell, the universe isn't deterministic. As someone in another post mentioned, every action does not necessarily lead to a single outcome. Instead, every action has a set of probable outcomes.

You might want to read up on John von Neumann's theories. Concerning what chooses a single outcome from that set of probable outcomes (a waveform), von Neumann theorized that consciousness selected a single outcome (collapsed the waveform). This seems analagous to some concepts of free will.

Bizarro
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