Posted: Apr 19, 2010 9:30 am
rainbow wrote:
Every chemical reaction takes place as a result of a collision of molecules (or ions, atoms) moving though space. The chances of this collision are determined by very much the same physical laws that govern tossed coins.
Too many contradictory parameters for the coin toss to be analogous, I'm afraid.
Can I build a machine that is guaranteed to always flips a head?
If I take that machine and move it to a different environment, will it always flip heads?
Will that machine be guaranteed to flip a head if I change the parametres indiscriminately?
If I stipulate and control all the parametres prior to flipping the coin, have I not simply begged the question and shown nothing of worth?
The question is whether those parametres determine a specific outcome, but those parametres are not constant, ergo it's not deterministic except within a very defined local remit.
Spearthrower wrote:Your turn Rainbow!
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