value wrote: ↑March 25th, 2023, 12:33 pm
How would it be possible to escape determinism when causality is true?
The obvious is often the most difficult to substantiate. These are two distinct concepts: "cause & effect" and "determinism", which shouldn't be conflated. As we focus in on the question of cause for a given effect, we'll find the true answer. However, as you zoom out in your perspective, you'll realize that the same cause could result in two or more different effects or that you can achieve the same effect with many different causes. As you continue to zoom-out in your perspective, you'll realize very rapidly that the computational power required to calculate probabilities grows exponentially with every "click" of zooming-out. The probabilities become unfathomable, where it would require a very long computation to come up with a relatively "true" answer, even for a simple question: "What would happen if you tell a random person on the street 'I love you', what would be their reaction with some level of
certainty"? Similarly would be true with computing how a vase would shatter when dropped on the floor, predicted with any level of precision. Would it shatter exactly the same way each time? The answer is no, because ambient room temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity etc. are constantly changing. It would be nearly impossible to calculate by considering all the possible variables.