causation (Introduction)

by romansh ⌂ @, Monday, June 02, 2014, 14:55 (3588 days ago) @ David Turell

Rom: What is your definition of chance?
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> An outcome not requiring a specifed result.-Who or what is requiring a specified result? 
Would a roulette wheel count as an event not requiring a specified result?-> Agreed. Do you think humans are here because of chance contingency, a la' Gould?
I am not familiar with Gould ... though I have heard his name a mentioned in connection with punctuated equilibrium. Disagree with the term equilibrium, the environment is definitely nowhere near equilibrium, but I understand his point.-That evolution is chaotic when viewed over millions of years is not surprising. Whether we view it deterministically or probabilitiscally.


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