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God does not play dice
I've found something on Einstein's view though;
Einstein's view was what would now be called, a hidden variable theory. Hidden variable theories might seem to be the most obvious way to incorporate the Uncertainty Principle into physics. They form the basis of the mental picture of the universe, held by many scientists, and almost all philosophers of science. But these hidden variable theories are wrong. The British physicist, John Bell, who died recently, devised an experimental test that would distinguish hidden variable theories. When the experiment was carried out carefully, the results were inconsistent with hidden variables. Thus it seems that even God is bound by the Uncertainty Principle, and can not know both the position, and the speed, of a particle. So God does play dice with the universe. All the evidence points to him being an inveterate gambler, who throws the dice on every possible occasion.
Einstein wasn't right about everything, or so it seems.
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The point is, if I knew every detail of your mind I could predict what you are going to do in given situations.
I doubt this is possible, even if you knew every detail of my mind. What I think is not the only thing that influences how my (re)action would be, like you've said yourself.
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The way your mind works, which is determined by your genetics and your environment, affects what you do, not you.
It may influence, it still doesn't decide for you what you're going to do next. It's a combination of factor, some of which can be influenced very easily, external factors are harder to influence, but still it's possible. Real life is usually not like all those 'soaps' you see on TV, people tend to react not that predictable, sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. You can't predict a persons life, at least definately not by just knowing that person's mind and genetic character.
Cheers
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