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Old 06-14-2003, 10:09 PM   #33 (permalink)
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I think that several things separate themselves out when you hit a human level.

When looking at the decision of that blond to walk past the pool table, the subsequent decision to look at said blond, and ultimately, the mental trigger to follow through on the shot though distracted are three very distinct and very separate occurences, that, if repeated enough would create a pattern exactly the opposite of what occurred in the first trial, thus proving that mathematics does not control this earth and its inhabitants any more than a pure science does.

Let's take this trial with the blond. To start, it's unable to be repeated in pure form again. On a subconscious level, you as a person, notice movement and move to focus on it before you are consciously aware of what you are doing. However, were you to repeat this trial with the same blond, the same player of pool (you) and the exact same setup with the balls on the table, on some level after the first trial, you would be conscious that she would be moving past your table, thus invalidating the experiment.

Also, from a purely physics side of things, the word entropy would do some good in this conversation. Entropy, loosely defined would be the sum total of random or chaotic movement in the universe, even on the smallest of levels.
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