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Taoism and Determinism | == Taoism and Determinism == | ||
'''Determined World vs Random/Determined World''' | |||
Determined World | ''In a wholly Determined World it could be ascertained from the Big Bang that I would roll a pair of dice today and the outcome could be known.'' | ||
In a | ''In a Random/Determined World only the probability of that happening and what the outcome is could be know.'' | ||
'''Contained energy vs uncontained energy; matter vs gravity, particle vs wave, thought/emotion vs biology, Yang vs Yin. Think of light, is it a particle or a wave?''' | |||
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But curiously, this is not the only solution under standard Newtonian laws. The ball may also start into motion sliding down the dome—at any moment in time, and in any radial direction. This example displays “uncaused motion” without, Norton argues, any violation of Newton's laws, including the First Law. And it does not, unlike some supertask examples, require an infinity of particles.” | But curiously, this is not the only solution under standard Newtonian laws. The ball may also start into motion sliding down the dome—at any moment in time, and in any radial direction. This example displays “uncaused motion” without, Norton argues, any violation of Newton's laws, including the First Law. And it does not, unlike some supertask examples, require an infinity of particles.” | ||
This would appear to be a genuine example of theoretic limited randomness. | |||
2. This example uses Quantum Mechanics which I don’t admit to entirely understanding except in a very general sense but again there is the interplay of the particle (Yang contained) and wave (Yin uncontained). The particle wave theory describes how light acts as both a particle and a wave. The particle is very Yang-like very contained and predictable. The wave however is much more dispersed and Yin-like. Historically wave and particle had been viewed as one or the other. The particle/wave theory and the concept of something being simultaneous both a wave and a particle seemed paradoxical. But simultaneous existence of both wave and particle led to clues into subatomic particles which behave similarly to light. However it also led to a conundrum, that being the outcomes of movement of subatomic particles are not predictable, as would seem necessary in our quest of a determined description of existence. The best that could be had were rules of probability and of course probability leads directly to limited randomness. It is Schrödinger equation which creates probabilistic outcomes under constrained circumstances, and makes the behavior of these particles quantifiable. This is not to say some determined explanation of these events are not possible at sometime in the future. | 2. This example uses Quantum Mechanics which I don’t admit to entirely understanding except in a very general sense but again there is the interplay of the particle (Yang contained) and wave (Yin uncontained). The particle wave theory describes how light acts as both a particle and a wave. The particle is very Yang-like very contained and predictable. The wave however is much more dispersed and Yin-like. Historically wave and particle had been viewed as one or the other. The particle/wave theory and the concept of something being simultaneous both a wave and a particle seemed paradoxical. But simultaneous existence of both wave and particle led to clues into subatomic particles which behave similarly to light. However it also led to a conundrum, that being the outcomes of movement of subatomic particles are not predictable, as would seem necessary in our quest of a determined description of existence. The best that could be had were rules of probability and of course probability leads directly to limited randomness. It is Schrödinger equation which creates probabilistic outcomes under constrained circumstances, and makes the behavior of these particles quantifiable. This is not to say some determined explanation of these events are not possible at sometime in the future. | ||
