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Calling an event "random" does not mean its causeless. It simply means its not predicable. Its not predicable because we don't know and/or haven't measured t
by lgriffith 18y ago
Calling an event "random" does not mean its causeless. It simply means its not predicable. Its not predicable because we don't know and/or haven't measured the relevant causes. Hence, Black Swan events are caused.
Perhaps it would be an interesting and profitable exercise to look for and measure causes of Black Swan events.
- cdog46 18y agoSo long as people continue to confuse explanation with description-we'll have confusion. Math is description; science is description with comparison and the contrasting of said description(s). Then what is explanation? I have no clue but to say it is part of consciousness, and,in the case of homo sapiens, partial consciousness. To say that us(humans) with our four dimensional rules of calculation & perception can "know" the how of everything is no more proposterious than to believe the earth is flat. Put another way-scientists who too often reject a new theory put forth that challenges current theories or assumptions-it reminds me of religious zealots defending any challenge to their dogma