Fascinating this stuff is, Bert !
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Originally Posted by Avondonk
at the fundamental level of QM there is only probability governed by interactions. There is no possibilty of feed back in QM so Chaos theory does not have any effect.
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Hmm .. I'm not sure I understand this. (Its OK … just because I don't understand it, doesn't mean much). But I find it difficult to wrap my mind around this. The behaviour at the quantum level would seem to be almost random, which is so close, (but distinctly separate), to Chaotic behaviour.
A feedback mechanism might simply be beyond our ability to detect it.(?) Surely things at the Quantum level interact through some means (?? .. I don't know

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Seems to me the extra dimensions of String Theory would be a convenient place for these interactions/feedback, if it were present .. but there again, I'm sure some of the bright guys working on this are millions of steps beyond this thought.
From the little I've read so far, Hofstadter seems to be on about consciousness … the plot must thicken as I wade further into it. I'm not sure I even understand the Introduction yet !!

Cheers