Assuming determinism is true, if we could precisely simulate the Big Bang and speed it up, then we could glimpse the future. But if we knew what was ahead, we would deterministically try to avoid it, changing our destinies. So what would we have really seen in the simulation?
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I am not talking about a philosophical determinism, I'm saying that the math is always the same. There's no equation that can predict with certainity when a radioactive atom will decay.
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Ah, I understand where you're coming from. But still, it's not that simple. QM can potentially accommodate a hidden variable theory to address counterfactual definiteness. Further, Bohm's and Cranmer's interpretations of QM preclude any stochasticism whatsoever.
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You might want to read this http://www.informationphilosopher.com/freedom/determinism.html …
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I'm sorry, but the writer of that piece, whoever he is, doesn't know what he is talking about. I presume he is not a quantum physicist. Please, read this, an academic paper by an actual quantum physicist: https://arxiv.org/pdf/gr-qc/9412005.pdf …
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