Tim May wrote: > > On Monday, April 22, 2002, at 11:23 PM, Joseph Ashwood wrote: > > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> If a RNG runs off Johnson noise, then the ability to predict its > >> output would imply the ability to violate the second law of > >> thermodynamics. If it runs off shot noise, then the ability to > >> predict its output would disprove quantum mechanics. > > > > Actually there are models that fit the universe that are entirely > > deterministic. > > Could you mention what they are? > > Boehm's "hidden variables" model is generally discredited (some would > say "disproved").
As I understand it, Bell's inequality definitively cannot be explained by hidden variables, hence the whole action-at-a-distance thing. Cheers, Ben. -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff
