Re: Two personal beliefs and their consequences
I think the demon is made of straw.
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The reason the thought experiment leads me to believe determinism is false is because I believe that if the demon made a prediction I could take the opposite action, and I can't envision a reliable process that would block the demon from making a wrong prediction. I suppose the demon could have a coronary and die just before making a wrong predicition but the probability of that is pretty low.
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To say the demon is impossible is a bit strong. Rather it is impossible for anyone to confirm the demons reliability.
If the demon predicts something and it does not happen, that just demonstrates that the demon is a fake.
Determinism is not proved false, the demon is just revealed as a fake, or more likely you just confused yourself and the demon was in fact correct the whole time.
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