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Re: The halting problem revisited

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From	Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com>
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On Mar 28, 6:15 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-
central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> In message <imr30v$vo...@dont-email.me>, Joshua Cranmer wrote:
>
> > Heisenberg's uncertainty principle only states that we don't know the
> > (P)RNG of the world. :-)
>
> Bell’s inequality states otherwise.

Just because I'm marginally knowledgeable about such things, let me
pipe in. I'm pretty sure that's an incorrect interpretation. Bell's
inequality, if true, says that quantum mechanics is either "true
random" /or/ "non-local". It's possible to have a determinmalistic
system of equations that can produce observed quantum mechanics if you
allow FTL interactions. Not necessarily FTL information flow, but some
sort of hidden variable system which is non-local.

IIRC, there's also some discussion of whether Bell's inequality are
true. I'm not the most versed on it, but I think that the evidence for
Bell's inequality is less than foolproof.

I'm sure wiki can do a better job of explaining it, so I direct any
more questions to there.

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Re: The halting problem revisited Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-03-29 12:42 -0700
  Re: The halting problem revisited Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-03-29 16:27 -0700
    Re: The halting problem revisited Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-03-30 01:16 +0100
      Re: The halting problem revisited Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-29 23:18 -0400
        Re: The halting problem revisited Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-03-30 15:39 +0100
          Re: The halting problem revisited Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-03-31 16:08 +1300
          Re: The halting problem revisited Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-03-31 08:34 -0400
      Re: The halting problem revisited Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-03-30 04:04 -0700
        Re: The halting problem revisited Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-03-30 15:47 +0100

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