Παρασκευή 7 Ιανουαρίου 2011

Όταν η Κβαντομηχανική απείλησε την Ελεύθερη Βούληση (New Scientist)




REDEFINE the concept of free will? Only a Nobel laureate would have the nerve. Last year, the Dutch physicist Gerard 't Hooft announced that the weird effects that spring from quantum mechanics arise from a deeper deterministic reality based on classical physics. People objected that his theory appeared to rob us of free will, and now 't Hooft has responded by moving the goalposts. No, we don't have free will as it is commonly understood, he says - but that's because the way it is commonly understood is wrong.

Πέμπτη 6 Ιανουαρίου 2011

Φεύγω προκειμένου να μπορέσω να μείνω - My Blueberry Nights

"It took me nearly a year to get here. It wasn't so hard to cross that street after all, it all depends on who's waiting for you on the other side."

Τρίτη 4 Ιανουαρίου 2011

Περί αποφάσεων - Hachiko: A dog's tale, του Lasse Hallström


Κάποιες φορές, η αληθινή ζωή είναι πιο συνταρακτική και από το ωραιότερο παραμύθι.