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Re:The 8000th Busy Beaver number eludes ZF set theory (2016) by lallysingh on Thursday May 03, 2018 @04:51PM (#16989839)
So the universe is deterministic and nothing happens by chance? I think this is essentially arguing definitions of terms.
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Re:The 8000th Busy Beaver number eludes ZF set theory (2016) by gradys on Thursday May 03, 2018 @07:10PM (#16990842)
It doesn't need to be deterministic, it just needs to be biased.
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Re:The 8000th Busy Beaver number eludes ZF set theory (2016) by pdpi on Thursday May 03, 2018 @05:34PM (#16990185)
It's more akin to arguing for the anthropic principle.
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Re:The 8000th Busy Beaver number eludes ZF set theory (2016) by contourtrails on Thursday May 03, 2018 @10:20PM (#16991747)
I'm not arguing about anything, I'm just stating facts
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