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@BunRab@mstdn.social @KilleansRow@mastodon.online @Michigander@toad.social accidental unix terminal joke? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_mode
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@siblingpastry@mastodon.world @arnandegans@home.social @tb@tldr.nettime.org determinism is required for making useful predictions of the future (for science). Action without an idea of what the consequences might be isn't freedom. Therefore determinism is required for freedom.
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@siblingpastry@mastodon.world @arnandegans @tb@mastodon.social OK how about we require things to be MOSTLY deterministic to do science, at least deterministically probable at the lowest level but generally when I drop the apple it reacts in a predictable way. If it didn't, if I could never navigate the world in a way where my actions had some degree of predictable outcomes, then I certainly have no useful freedom. Whatever degree of meaningful freedom I have directly comes from whatever degree of determinism I can get