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timtyler comments on John Baez Interviews with Eliezer (Parts 2 and 3) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: timtyler 30 March 2011 02:58:00PM 0 points [-]

indeterminism [...] theory that some actions are undetermined: the philosophical theory that human beings have free will and their actions are not always and completely determined by previous events.

Uh, no way! Indeterminism is best not defined in terms of humans.

Comment author: Perplexed 30 March 2011 03:27:02PM 1 point [-]

I'm not sure what your point is here. Are you saying that 'indeterminism', in the sense of your substituted definition, is what you really meant when you wrote:

What indeterminism actually does is makes test-cases into an unreliable form of evidence.

?

If so, what do you propose we do about it?

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