[MD] -elitist ideas

[Case]

[David M]
But more recently is has become obvious that very few forms of behaviour are
law like and can be described as determined.

[Case]
How is this at all obvious? Where is this multitude of unlawful activity?
Scientific laws are now seen as probabilistic and determinism no longer
translates into predictive success. But this does not throw open the gates
to anarchy.

[David M]
And even if things are like like, how did these laws become established?
Were the laws chosen in some sense?

[Case]
Seems to me physics address "how" pretty well. Why? Now that's another
story.

[David M]
There really is no way to say what determines behaviour when observed from
the outside. Is it without intention or choice or is it lawlike and
mechnical?

If someone or something is very consistent in their behaviour you could
presume a zombie or robot but you may be wrong.

[Case]
Hence any statement you make about lawlike behavior is probabilistic. The
level of confidence in such a law increases with each observation or goes
away all together.

[David M]
Thirdly, some behaiours do seem open but entirely random.

[Case]
For example?