From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

John Beckett wrote:
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news::
>
>>>Certainly, I would guess that it would be hard to have
intelligence if the
>>>universe frequently behaved in unpredictable ways.
>>
>>Why?  Quantum mechanics?
>
>
> A little cryptic for me. Are you speculating about why the universe might
> behave unpredictably, or why a result of being unpredictable could be a
> lack of intelligent lifeforms.
>
> I was just playing Geo's thought experiment and remarking that IF the
> universe frequently did unpredictable things (e.g. 2 cups of water
> sometimes is twice as heavy as 1 cup, and sometimes is randomly some other
> weight), then there would be very little reason to be intelligent because
> you couldn't make sense of what was going on.
>
> It's only because our environment DOES behave rationally that being
> rational is an advantage.
>
> John
>
The universe is far stranger than the reality we think we know.

Adam

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