> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warp [mailto:war### [at] tagpovrayorg]
>   1) Everything is deterministic.
 
>   2) Everything is chaotic. Uncertain quantum states make it so that
> it's
> absolutely impossible to predict what effects certain actions will
> have.
> It may well go one way or another (or even both ways at the same
> time!).
> By the rules of the Universe it's physically impossible to predict
what
> will happen in the future from current events, because people will
make
> completely random and unpredictable choices which, deep down, are a
> consequence of the complete uncertainty of quantum interactions.

The second option, when you get down to it, sounds suspiciously like the
first.  Specifically that last bit, that everything is the result of
quantum interactions.

Now, quantum interactions appear random to us, but if it were possible
to "zoom in" sufficiently, we might determine otherwise.

Anyway, the two options would really be:
1) Everything is deterministic
2) Everything is non-deterministic

The source of the non-determinism could be free will, randomness, God,
or whatever else you want to explain it.

...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

What's the difference between a drug dealer and a whore?
A whore can wash her crack and sell it again.

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