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Thu Apr 15 13:51:22 1982
newcombe paradox
>From grg Thu Apr 15 13:51:18 1982
To: mknews
Subject: newcombe paradox

I encountered this paradox in the context of Quantum Mechanics,
where the Moral of the story is that the event of chosing the box
determines the outcome.  This is to illustrate the lack of an
observer-observed relationship in quantum mechanics, now replaced
by a participator-affected relationship.

This agrees with the note that the prediction CANNOT be made,
the original statement was ann improper question.

               Greg Guthrie
               Bell Labs
               IW 1A444 x7303


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