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The Strong Free Will Theorem — mentioned by jsprogrammer

Sun, 24 Jul 2016 15:15:28 GMT

I believe the Strong Free Will Theorem [0] rules out that possibility. [0] https://arxiv.org/pdf/0807.3286.pdf

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The Strong Free Will Theorem — mentioned by jsprogrammer

Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:50:33 GMT

Conway and Kitchen have defined a theory of free will. https://arxiv.org/pdf/0807.3286

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The Strong Free Will Theorem — mentioned by samatman

Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:54:08 GMT

Since this is Hacker News, it's worth mentioning that John Conway, of Game of Life fame, has proposed a Strong Free Will Theorem: http://arxiv.org/pdf/0807.3286.pdf Basically, a foremost expert on deterministic cellular automata is of the opinion that Universe is likely a cellular automaton, but not a deterministic one. Which I find intriguing.

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