AlephNeil comments on On Branching vs Probability - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 23 March 2011 03:30:24AM 0 points [-]

For what it's worth, my current way of thinking is that a quantum theory is neither "deterministic" nor "probabilistic" but just "quantum".

Is it possible to predict the final state given only the initial state? If so, it's deterministic. If not, it's probabilistic.

Comment author: AlephNeil 23 March 2011 04:29:56AM 0 points [-]

By the way, you might like to read the Scott Aaronson lecture I linked to in my post. Here's a quote:

I'm going to show you why, if you want a universe with certain very generic properties, you seem forced to one of three choices: (1) determinism, (2) classical probabilities, or (3) quantum mechanics.

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