Vladimir_Nesov comments on Open Thread: February 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 13 February 2010 06:58:24PM *  0 points [-]

The world is deterministic at least to the extent that everything knowable is determined (but not necessarily the other way around). This is why you need determinism in the world in order to be able to make decisions (and can't use something not being determined as a reason for the possibility of making decisions).