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On 04/02/01 10:54, Chris Taylor said this-
>How much of an effect does the quantum have on the everyday?
How much effect did that extra cup of coffee have on you...? (Well, I
speak only for myself....)
>Therefore, if I had perfect knowledge of the full (and I *mean* full)
>state of a mind, and its environment, I could perfectly predict
>behaviour (and indeed must therefore have no choice myself, only the
>illusion of choice due to the multiplicity of finely divided options).
So, what is quantal about such omniscience?
How, even, is such omniscience possible? (What is not impossible, after
all, must be improbable but perhaps true... although, impossibility
raises its head for me in this circumstance.)
- Wade
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