Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site voder.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!nsc!voder!gino From: gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Re: why FTL is illegal (wrt: free will). Message-ID: <547@voder.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 17:32:38 EST Article-I.D.: voder.547 Posted: Wed Dec 5 17:32:38 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 02:19:50 EST References: <683@gloria.UUCP> <785@ariel.UUCP><148@lems.UUCP> <152@talcott.UUCP> <277@rlgvax.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara Lines: 14 [this line has a probability of 31% of not being here] > But that just says that the universe just appears random because we haven't > looked in great enough detail. If you assume ... > 2) 100% no exclusions complete > knowledge of the initial state of the universe... > you can predict > all future states of the universe. But QM says explicitly that IN PRINCIPLE you cannot have 100% knowledge of the state of any system. One might hope that this will be disproved someday, but there is currently no evidence (that I know of) pointing in that direction. -- Gene E. Bloch (...!nsc!voder!gino) Mr Humility