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Lots of errors in this article. It particularly rankles my sensibilities when he says randomness doesn't actually exist and it's just when humans can't track al
by truantbuick 12y ago
Lots of errors in this article. It particularly rankles my sensibilities when he says randomness doesn't actually exist and it's just when humans can't track all the variables.
Randomness is much more interesting than that, and while it would make a lot more sense for the sake of classical mechanics, it cannot possibly be explained away so neatly according to Bell's Inequality.
- davrosthedalek 12y agoBell's inequality (plus the corresponding measurements) only rule out local hidden variable theories. But yes, that paragraph was a low point.
- truantbuick 12y agoI didn't imply otherwise. I just didn't explicitly mention global variables because that will always remain a possibility that lurks over everything. Technically, we can never rule them out because it's possible that all the universe and all the events of universe were preordained by one massive global variable, without any particular rhyme or reason for rules and laws for mechanics of local behavior.
- davrosthedalek 12y agoOh yeah, absolutely. I just wanted to mention it because not everybody might be aware of it. I doubt the blog author had that in mind anyway.