Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sri-unix!mikes@AMES-NAS.ARPA From: mikes@AMES-NAS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: \"Chances are . . . .\" Message-ID: <481@sri-arpa.ARPA> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 17:40:28 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.481 Posted: Thu Aug 8 17:40:28 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 22:30:41 EDT Lines: 13 From: mikes@AMES-NAS.ARPA (Peter Mikes) It may help (to escape the metaphysical trp/cancel/ trap) to ask: What is the role of stochastic vs determinictic model for ceirtain phenomena. E.G. The darvin (Darwin"s) theory is stochastic - basad on random mutations. And so - evolution is driven by chance . The question 'what is photon' is less productive (usually) than question ' what is speed of light'. Same goes for chance (perhaps). . :q .