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Article 6678 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin)
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Subject: Re: Freewill, chaos and digital systems
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Date: 21 Aug 92 20:06:57 GMT
References: <Bt4xt1.MA0.1@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Aug19.210204.29868@mp.cs.niu.edu> <25048@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1992Aug20.192242.2728@mp.cs.niu.edu>
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Let's see.
1. There's determined and predictable behavior.
2. There's determined but unpredictable behavior. (chaos in a general
sense).
3. There's random, ergodic behavior. (time average = average over state
space.)
4. There's random, non-ergodic behavior. (random behavior, but statistics
change with time.)
5. Then there's free-will. 

How as an observer do I distinguish 5 from 1-4?

Cheers,
-- 
Harry Erwin
Internet: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com



