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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 12 Mar 2000 22:07:10 GMT
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Karim Nassar writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > summation was "the only freedom of the will is freedom from the will..."
> > I essentially said that one cannot have both willful action and action
> > that is free of outside influences...
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> I have understood that chaos theory implied that the universe was holistic and
> non-deterministic.
The primary tenants of Chaos Theory are 1) The universe is deterministic. 2)
The universe is chaotic. Put simply, you were correct, in that for all intents
and purposes, it is impossible for us to make long-term predictions of chaotic
systems becuase one whould have to know all parameters to do so.
ALL Parameters.
It's hard to emphasize that enough. AAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL parameters :)
> Curious.
Basically, all of the corollaries that followed in your post are correct.
> Not that this would prove or disprove God, but merely His interaction with the
> universe coupled with His desire to predict His own fate. If God chose to (or
> otherwise happened to) *not* predict His fate, then He fits well within a
> deterministic model.
> 1. What if our universe is just a test-bed universe to predict the outcome of
> a sports event in some other universe...?
Hehehe, It's all a financial simulation to determine the optimal market price
of genetically engineered anchovies.
--Karim
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| (...) I have understood that chaos theory implied that the universe was holistic and non-deterministic. That is, certain behaviors can be modeled with some degree of accuracy, but the large number of outside influences would always prevent 100% (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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