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Old February 13th 13, 03:21 AM posted to alt.astronomy
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Default Does Probability Come from Quantum Physics?

On Feb 12, 5:42*pm, Double-A wrote:
"But a new paper by physics professor Andreas Albrecht and graduate
student Dan Phillips at the University of California, Davis, makes the
case that these quantum fluctuations actually are responsible for the
probability of all actions, with far-reaching implications for
theories of the universe.'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0205151450.htm

Double-A


Yes, and human perception of probability does tend to mess things up a
bit, i.e. What Is Our Perception of Probability?

Statistical Thought: http://www.stat.duke.edu/~michael/book.html
Predictions: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/lak...Transcript.htm
Probability Theory: http://www-biba.inrialpes.fr/Jaynes/prob.html
Gaussian Processes: http://www.gaussianprocess.org/gpml/chapters/: