Posted by Thor (63.249.65.142) on February 13, 2002 at 01:31:55:
In Reply to: Re: You are all grounded! posted by Lost on February 12, 2002 at 21:34:24:
It's not a question of intelligence. No matter how "smart" we were, I doubt we'd be able to tell the difference between a preordained and a "free-will" universe. But I agree that we probably shouldn't care. In fact, with the complexity we are dealing with I'm not sure if there is any practical difference at all. As a side note, quantum physics seems to indicate that photons and such things have truly random characteristics. Not seemingly random, but true randomness in that some values don't exist until they are measured. If it's true, the notion of a clockwork and preordained universe loses validity.
-Thor