Good point, Russ. Does quantum mechanics somehow save the day for the free will believers? Here is a book review my erstwhile boss wrote on the topic:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JFqDNQ66BLDDXGS9hEfAF6HNgXe_Xhm4/view?usp=drivesdk --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 8:13 PM Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, my point is that we act as if we believe we have free will. That > was intended to support Nick's claim that everyone seems to believe things > science denies. > > -- Russ Abbott > Professor, Computer Science > California State University, Los Angeles > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Sure, ok. I don’t know what any of this has to do with Russ’ lecture on >> free will. >> >> I was just responding in the affirmative to the apparently underlying >> question of if we are all reactive machines. Of course we are. While the >> reaction could be complicated, or the stimulus could be communicated over a >> faulty channel and thus result in a response that is inappropriate, how * >> *could** it be any other way? I didn’t say anything about the >> taxonomy of machines being limited or any individual instance being >> simplistic. That’s just a straw man. >> >> >> >> *From: *Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Smith < >> [email protected]> >> *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < >> [email protected]> >> *Date: *Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 4:30 PM >> *To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] alternative response >> >> >> >> playing "the Imp(uter)" I think that is similar to what Glen has >> asserted/suggested/implied/offered? >> >> >> >> On 6/14/20 4:45 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: >> >> Steve writes: >> >> < To some (many?) that might be what our collective "rattling on" >> looks/sounds like. > >> >> I’m claiming all conversations are like that. Maybe the agents have a >> little more state, and the transactions are less frequent. Same. >> >> Marcus >> >> >> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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