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Not counting radioactive decay as a physical process because you've chosen to define physical processes as deterministic is some intriguing mental gymnastics.
by CryptoFascist 9y ago
Not counting radioactive decay as a physical process because you've chosen to define physical processes as deterministic is some intriguing mental gymnastics.
- abritinthebay 9y agofor the purposes described in the comment - I was quite clear that a certain level you get down to quantum effects. But for the context of the physical processes the OP was talking about those effects are not significant and so I excluded them.
- robotresearcher 9y agoHow about we replace the dice with Schrödinger's cat?
- abritinthebay 9y agoThen we’re dealing with a very different thing and the conversation is therefore different?
- robotresearcher 9y ago> Theoretically all physical processes are predictable, but in practice there is a limit. So you defined away quantum effects as 'not physical', which most people would not agree with. How do feel about the theoretical limits on measurement accuracy that also negate your claim?