new idea for random number generation
\0xDynamite
dreamingforward at gmail.com
Fri Aug 4 14:28:42 PDT 2017
> This far, physics describes a Universe where the balance of Order and
> Chaos is ideal for creating life. Almost as if somebody set that up on
> purpose. To put a stop to that kind of "superstitious" speculation,
> some physicists propose that a vast, unlimited number of distinct
> universes must exist, each with its own physical laws, where only a few
> have conditions supporting the development of life. But if so, there
> must be a larger cosmic context in which all these universes happen, and
> the same speculation arises - how did this massively parallel trial and
> error process get started? Which jumps us up to yet another "higher"
> context, etc. ad infinitum.
>
> Verily, 'tis a mindfucker.
still, it's an interesting question (and apropos to Isaaks? quote from
John von Neumann): is the universe deterministic? Because IF it is
NOT, then physics takes on a level of meaninglessness, right? But, if
it is, it is equivalent to using a pseudo-random generator.
Marxos
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