CillianSvendsen comments on Against Maturity - LessWrong

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Comment author: CillianSvendsen 17 July 2014 09:44:24AM *  1 point [-]

Very interesting. When I was 10, a friend and I got together to "crack" the problem of indeterminacy. We also came up with this hypothesis (I fail to recall how).

(On a tangentially related note: After reading a couple of wikipedia articles, we decided we were wrong and moved onto the hypothesis that the universe was a giant simulation, and quantum indeterminacy was floating-point error.)

Comment author: KnaveOfAllTrades 17 July 2014 10:07:31AM 0 points [-]

the hypothesis that the universe was a giant simulation, and quantum indeterminacy was floating-point error.

What're your current thoughts on this? Also, you and your friend sound awesome.

Comment author: CillianSvendsen 07 September 2014 01:15:23PM 3 points [-]

After learning more about the math behind quantum mechanics, I'm pretty sure indeterminacy doesn't work that way. :P

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 17 July 2014 05:34:41PM *  0 points [-]

What problem? If you want to predict, indetrrminacy is inconvenient, but why should the universe be convenient for humans?