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To: From many - one.
Precisely...lack of predictability.

Interesting...

The Physics of Chance and Necessity,Spring Semester, 1998  

Course Description:

The course will introduce students to a wide range of important and beautiful concepts of physics, by emphasizing the role of probability and statistics in both classical and quantum physics. Early in this century, Einstein rejected the probabilistic interpretation of quantum physics with his famous statement: "I refuse to believe that God plays dice."

Today, however, there is a general realization that while the universe is a lawful place, it is nonetheless a place in which chance plays a major role. Even in the domain of Newtonian physics, where determinism once was not doubted, the idea of a deterministic universe has had to be modified radically, and the behavior of many systems that are governed by Newtonian physics cannot be predicted accurately. By focusing on the theme of "chance", this course leads the student naturally through a very diverse range of topics.


469 posted on 08/18/2005 11:36:16 PM PDT by syriacus (Cindy doesn't want our soldiers to shoot insurgent bombers who are murdering small Iraqi children.)
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To: syriacus

I'm talking about biology. There is a reason there subjects are in different departments.

And the lack of predictablity when a creator or designer is involved is beasue the rules are different, not underlying features of the universe.

Which I'm pretty sure you know....
I'm done for today...planning a class on fungal behavior.


472 posted on 08/18/2005 11:41:45 PM PDT by From many - one.
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