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Old 01-31-2007, 01:56 AM   #12 (permalink)
Dani
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Except that there is no such thing as random...

Even the outcome of the lottery is predetermined. The only thing is that we cannot -predict- the outcome, so it is perceived as random.

e.g. you roll a dice as a demonstration of randomness. The outcome of the dice has been decided before it even leaves your hand. By factors such as:

The wear on the edges of the dice
The air pressure
Your haibtual way of throwing dice
The surface you are throwing onto
The weight of the dice
The movement of people in the area, affecting air currents
The strength of your arm
etc. etc.

All of these things influence the outcome. It appears random because there are so many factors we can't possibly calculate them all. Life is the same as randomness in a computer.

a 'seed' is taken, the current circumstances, and it is put through an algorithm, your actions, to give a result.

There are no coincidences or randomness in life. Everything has a cause.

Anything that exists within physical reality is subject to the laws of the universe, of which randomness is not one. The only way to achieve randomness would be to exist outside the physical reality system.

Potentially consciousness has this ability of being outside physical reality, but then conciousness does not act randomly it too acts as a reflection of the thoughts you think.

many things -seem- random, because you can't determine the cause. But there is always a cause.

However that does not make any occurance meaningful. I can find no way 'destiny' can exist as something with a reason. Destiny does though exist in that our future is already being written by our actions now, which were written by our actions in the past, but again we cannot forsee the result of those actions, but they will happen as a direct result of our actions now.

Fate or destiny is simply that our future is unavoidable, it has no reason, simply causes. Take from that what you will.

Last edited by Dani; 01-31-2007 at 01:59 AM.
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