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Comment author: XiXiDu 07 February 2011 10:17:52AM 0 points [-]

In the case of the calculator, it's not hoping to achieve anything, so it means nothing by "2"?

What makes you think you can compare humans with calculators? We are all quantum amplitudes, it's all cause and effect. But if the previous sentence would settle all issues, why do we still talk about it if reductionism is the answer? I haven't read most of the sequences yet, so it is a honest question. What made you pose that question?

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