[MD] Chance

[Marsha]

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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] Chance


> Quoting Krimel <Krimel at Krimel.com>:
>
>
>> The world remains totally
>> deterministic but outcomes can not be specified precisely because it 
>> would
>> take more computation power and time to calculate the future than it 
>> would
>> to just wait and see what happens.
>
> Totally deterministic? Pirsig disagrees. "In the Metaphysics of Quality 
> this
> dilemma doesn't come up. To the extent that one's behavior is controlled 
> by
> static patterns of quality it is without choice. But to the extent that 
> one
> follows Dynamic Quality, which is undefinable, one's behavior is free."
> (Lila, 12).
>


Platt,

You've made an excellent point.

Marsha