GDR writes:
I'm probably seriously out of my depth...
Unfortunately, I am definitely out of my depth.
In regard to QM I can do little more than quote web-pages and take a stab at what they mean.
GDR writes:
I would think that quantum indeterminacy functions within the framework of natural laws.
I would think so too. But then what effect
does it have? (I don't know.)
GDR writes:
When I checked wiki it seems that there are several different ideas on what people mean by determinism.
Yes. There seems to be an over-arching concept of Determinism and also several 'more specific' versions.
GDR writes:
Aside from that though is anyone suggesting that I don't have a choice about what I'm posting right now as it was all determined?
(I am not sure which 'that' we are 'aside') but
I am definitely suggesting that your reply was inevitable due to the 'programming' your brain had received up to the point when you clicked 'Submit Reply'.
Most people are happy with the concept of "cause and effect" (skipping over the god stuff for this thread).
But people are then confident that their choices can be random and uncaused.
But if people truly made random choices then Derren Brown would be out of a job.
Edited by Panda, : No reason given.
If I were you
And I wish that I were you
All the things I'd do
To make myself turn blue