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From: djsalomon@watdaisy.UUCP (Daniel J. Salomon)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: why FTL is illegal (wrt: free will).
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Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 17:46:43 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 19 17:46:43 1984
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> I sure would like to learn from someone who understands all about rela-
> tivity, time and free will.  I'm not really being all that facetious...
> Norm Andrews, vax135!ariel!norm

Free will versus determinism is an ancient unresolved theological
problem.  "If God knows the future how can we change it with our free
will."  There is a scientific equivalent of this paradox.  "If the
current positions of particles and the elementary forces determine the
paths and future positions of particles then how can an intelligent
being make a decision that changes those paths and affects the real
world."  When this question is answered, we will know "the meaning of
life, the universe and everything."