Comment snafu

I just checked the spam comments folder, and there, amidst the sea of Envall crap, were some legitimate comments. So I have revived them, and this may explain some discontinuities and duplications in various threads. My apologies to the victims.

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Once upon a time, I made mention, simply a mention, of a paper by one Matts Envall, which I said I would later comment on. I did so because a friend of mine, Malte Ebach, told me about him and the paper. I have yet to appropriately thank Malte.

But how random would it be John? Is the universe causally closed and every action you take already explainable given requisite knowledge of the state of everything as you 'randomly' decide to do it? Does the Heisenberg uncertainty principle with it's uncaused virtual particles have an effect?

I should become a new-age bullshitting pseudo-philosopher. A little knowledge is either a dangerous thing, or the path to crap. :D

By Brian English (not verified) on 10 Sep 2008 #permalink

I'll simply use a Heisenberg box, place one of Jason's comments inside, and if the Polonium atom decays, move the comment to the junk folder and repeat.

So, assuming you don't influence the decay when attempting to measure it, it will be statistically predictable, but uncaused, and thus random? Cool. Carry on....

By Brian English (not verified) on 10 Sep 2008 #permalink