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|    Douglas Eagleson to All    |
|    Re: physical status of something "comput    |
|    15 Jan 19 20:02:12    |
      From: eaglesondouglas@gmail.com              Stated another way. Is a set of observations       used to compute a probability, allowed to be       classified as a computation? Or, is probability       computable? But, what becomes the allowed use of       probability? This last question is the crux of       the existence of Quantum Mechanics, QM, as a viable theory.              I do not think of anyway to reject the existence of       probability in general. There exists a function in       mathematics for the size of a permutation, N!.       The set of observations does need to be evenly distributed       on this function though.              Is there a QM probability observed without the even       distribution? The easy answer is to allow any system given       to function as being computable. Maybe there needs to be       consideration of functional symmetry. If A infers B then       B must be allowed to infer A. This mathematical symmetry       does not work with a probabilistic function. B as the averaged       state probability can not infer a single value of A.              Begging the question. Given a probabilistic state to       observe, how does one observe the size N of the system?       For lack of a better answer to the original poster's question       I submit that if N is known the system is computable, if N       is not known the observer needs to reformulate.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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