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Yes. In theory they are deterministic. In practice, not so much.
by qarl 27d ago
Yes. In theory they are deterministic. In practice, not so much.
- budman1 26d agoThose non-deterministic results are exceedingly rare.
- qarl 26d agoWhen human input is involved, like I described elsewhere, it happens frequently.
- lioeters 26d agoAs long as the machine is part of the larger universe, and not completely isolated in its own bubble of space-time (an impossible situation, an object without an environment) - it cannot be purely deterministic because of the fundamental nature of physics.
- mitxela 26d agoSo your theory is that arithmetic is nondeterministic because very rarely a calculator will say 1+1=3.
- lioeters 26d agoArithmetic is deterministic, because it is abstract. A calculator or computer is not, because it is physical and exists in a non-deterministic universe. But with error correction, etc., it's deterministic enough for practical purposes. For more in-depth explanation, start with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indeterminism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indeterminism