Does True Randomness Actually Exist? ( ^&*#^%$&#% )

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MustangMate wrote:
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Thee_Ghostess_Lola wrote:

Robert Silverberg was writing 1 million words a month

a million words a month ??....wow !

That's why he was such a bad writer. There are one or two chess writers who are similar. Mentioning no names, of course.

Much of the writing for a time was "trashy, sex novels". It sold. Paid bills. He was good at it. Better was his sci-fi material, the best in the business. 

I read in another thread where Optimissed posted that he got to "know 2Q1C and like him." Character evaluation not a strong suit, obviously.

The post had been edited to reflect 1/4 M words to be accurate.

Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF

So? None of that means that I should like him. You are a different person. happy.png|

Character evaluation is an extremely strong suit in me. You're slightly controlling by nature and you obviously believe that "proper people" agree with you. But overall, you're basically ok.

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My wife keeps buying olives and I tell her off because she eats about three and forgets them. The only kind I like are Kalamata olives with absolutely no spices or vile things like garlic.

 

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I like queen olives in my omelettes. Also mushrooms.

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Thee_Ghostess_Lola wrote:

u mean snap crackle pop back in the 1900's ? lol ! 

 

 

The 7th and 8th time derivatives of position are lock and drop. Interesting that they have such exotic names particularly considering how serious some physicists can be. Well yes the names are not serious, facetious rather, but it's good to see some physicists developing some humour. Nowadays, our knowledge of snap, crackle and pop stems from the three elves.

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https://thespectrumofriemannium.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/log053-derivatives-of-position/

 

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Elroch wrote:

I like queen olives in my omelettes. Also mushrooms.

lol !! well itsabout time u broke from character !...ding ding happy.png . 

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Elroch wrote:

I like queen olives in my omelettes. Also mushrooms.

If I'm at an hotel I like to get mushroom omelette for brekkers. Luvli.

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"just wondering. if TR does not exist ? then can i justify why im stumbling around on this lump ?"

what do you mean by 'justified stumbling'? in the context of morals, fw, or physics?

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well, two outta three. frumma micro standpoint, alotta times im hanging out looking for stuff to do. u know, who's gonna come by ? where will we go ? when am i gonna be back ? i mean isnt planning the bane of free will ?

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Optimissed wrote:

My wife keeps buying olives and I tell her off because she eats about three and forgets them. The only kind I like are Kalamata olives with absolutely no spices or vile things like garlic.

 

i luv kalamatas ! but only in salt-laden brine. i wont get them in olive oil/red wine/vinegar. cant stand those. or without pits. hafta have pits !

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2bz wrote:

You are here because at the very beginning of the universe when Mrs God put the cake in the oven .... no, before that .... when she went out and bought the ingredients and mixed them in her celestial mixing bowl, it was written that there would be a Lola stumbling around in the darkness of ...... ???

https://youtu.be/kHLHSlExFis?t=142

its my dad who put the cake in the oven. my mom just baked it. now theres sprinkles & creamy filling & ppl who want just one more bite & stuff like that lol !!

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with respect tongue.png

"it takes a phd to know what apes all understand.
when all is said and done, a woman is stil a woman"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMmvXkGLzA

 

 

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Thee_Ghostess_Lola wrote:
Optimissed wrote:

My wife keeps buying olives and I tell her off because she eats about three and forgets them. The only kind I like are Kalamata olives with absolutely no spices or vile things like garlic.

 

i luv kalamatas ! but only in salt-laden brine. i wont get them in olive oil/red wine/vinegar. cant stand those. or without pits. hafta have pits !

Yeah you do. No pits and they taste wrong because the olive taste is far less intense. And why people put garlic in with olives I've no idea. Maybe they just don't like olives? But I have to admit I don't like garlic at all. Love chillies though, but certainly not with olives. Like I say, I want to taste them.

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Thee_Ghostess_Lola wrote:
2bz wrote:

You are here because at the very beginning of the universe when Mrs God put the cake in the oven .... no, before that .... when she went out and bought the ingredients and mixed them in her celestial mixing bowl, it was written that there would be a Lola stumbling around in the darkness of ...... ???

its my dad who put the cake in the oven. my mom just baked it. now theres sprinkles & creamy filling & ppl who want just one more bite & stuff like that lol !!

You know, I really thought I wrote that. Can I sue 2bz for anything?

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the problem w/ buying pitted ones is s/t's they dont get all the pit out and then u bite on one. urrr sad.png . sucky toothbuster.

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Thee_Ghostess_Lola wrote:

well, two outta three. frumma micro standpoint, alotta times im hanging out looking for stuff to do. u know, who's gonna come by ? where will we go ? when am i gonna be back ? i mean isnt planning the bane of free will ?

sound like an absurd doesn't it : ) but lets try to entertain both approaches to planning..

for example, say that i was planning a coming trip and decided on Colombia.
it was a free decision between several locations, and the fact that i chose colombia actually effect my future. thats just normal right?

now lets look at the mighty D. the claim is that despite me choosing colombia over vegas, the decision was really inevitable, and it was caused by factors like my past experiences, beliefs, environment, emotions, blah blah
iow, D is causality at its purest form, and all our decisions are based on previous conditions.
and btw, unlike the common belief.. TR doesn't necessarily help FW, after all randomness and planning are also contradictory, but thats too long of a story..

my personal opinion?
i think that its safe to assume we are free agents capable of free choices of course.
its just that life behave so differently than matter, and fw seem such an intrinsic part of life, that i dont see any reason to believe otherwise.

but then again.. objectively speaking D is just as valid possibility, and some people find their peace and comfort in it. im just not one of them. lol

 

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king, you mentioned janine driver and im curious what you make of her if you still care for that

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Sillver1 wrote:

king, you mentioned janine driver and im curious what you make of her if you still care for that

Well, she's the real deal that's for sure. Anyone could learn a lot from her. One things for sure, I could be perfectly comfortable in her presence with her 'B.S. barometer' cranked sky high. 

You won't get one past her, I like that about her. I covet people like that.

She had an tramatic experience as a young girl if you know what I mean. It basically set her on the path to become a human lie detector, the rest is 'history'... No.

It's in the book, which is a surprisingly easy read. Have you picked up a copy yet? I pretty much knocked off the westerns, and fantasy books anymore. You should ask me about my other book reads now..

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ok. i wanna know why ppl grovel (and wallow lol !) for $. personally, i believe its cuz they say it can set u free. iows, they say it gives u options and choices. and thats wut ppl want right ? most ppl dont want to be told wut2do. im not sure if having $ is so much material (tho i wouldnt know about that) as it is overcoming D.  

well, i happen2see $ as a extention of FW. u know one of its precepts. poor ppl kinda have a life determined right ? iows theyre not very in control of their person. so i feel theres this built-in disdain for determinism in all ppl. and theres a inherent drive for wut FW they can collect along the way.

which leads me to innatism, how john locke had it wrong, and how certain spiritual tenets are already there at birth (as spirituality is probably a quest for FW). but that can be another day.

wow !....it always seems2come down to love and $ doesnt it happy.png ?

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You evolved to make choices which there is reason to believe will be good for you.