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nondeterministic [¦nän·di‚tər·mə′nis·dik] (science and technology) Unpredictable in terms of observable antecedents and known laws; this is a relative term pertaining to a given state of knowledge but not necessarily implying ultimate unpredictability.
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| Living in the nondeterministic world of complexity is confusing to humans. First, Flanagan's general contention (as summarized by Sanchez) that "it would not count as an act of free will if some nondeterministic quantum fluctuation" causally contributed to an eventual action (an argument long rehashed since the advent of quantum physics) presupposes a myopic view of "freedom" and "self-authorship. The network protocol was (and still is) nondeterministic. |
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