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Re:Is particle physics dead, dying, or just hard? by Dylan16807 on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @09:38PM (#46970067)
That doesn't answer the question though.

If a rock starts moving in one tick, it affects other things in the next tick. Despite being deterministic, that rock is not a spectator.

So if the mind is a spectator, it's not for that reason, it's some other reason.

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Re:Is particle physics dead, dying, or just hard? by skeptic_ai on Saturday February 14, 2026 @04:52AM (#47013199)
But the rock moves that way because of the previous tick. Doesn’t “just start” or do something that’s not fitting with previous tick state
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Re:Is particle physics dead, dying, or just hard? by Dylan16807 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @05:01PM (#47018807)
Yes. That doesn't make it a spectator. The rock is a participant in the predetermined progression.

The "spectator mode" thing you replied to was a totally different concept, where the "mind" is some weird parasite to your brain and you'd walk and talk the same even if you didn't have a "mind". Which is quite a weird idea in my opinion.

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