Comments on: Banking on Linda http://www.vukutu.com/blog/2008/06/banking-on-linda/ away beyond many a far meridian Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:14:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Social networking v1.0 at Vukutu http://www.vukutu.com/blog/2008/06/banking-on-linda/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Social networking v1.0 at Vukutu Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:16:37 +0000 http://www.vukutu.com/blog/?p=33#comment-57 [...] the development of a new science.  In the decade around 1665, the modern idea of mathematical probability arose, seemingly independently across western Europe, in what is now Britain, France, Italy, the [...] [...] the development of a new science.  In the decade around 1665, the modern idea of mathematical probability arose, seemingly independently across western Europe, in what is now Britain, France, Italy, the [...]

]]> By: Complexity of communications at Vukutu http://www.vukutu.com/blog/2008/06/banking-on-linda/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Complexity of communications at Vukutu Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:15:56 +0000 http://www.vukutu.com/blog/?p=33#comment-52 [...] I posted about probability theory, and mentioned its modern founder, Andrei Kolmogorov.  In addition to [...] [...] I posted about probability theory, and mentioned its modern founder, Andrei Kolmogorov.  In addition to [...]

]]> By: Peter http://www.vukutu.com/blog/2008/06/banking-on-linda/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Peter Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:05:17 +0000 http://www.vukutu.com/blog/?p=33#comment-50 Just a PS: Andrei Kolmogorov, of course, was a Soviet citizen at a time when the official state ideology was dialectical materialism, which saw human history as deterministic. According to von Plato, Kolmogorov never stated or wrote publicly that a non-deterministic universe was possible. J. von Plato [1994]: <I>Creating Modern Probability: Its Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy in Historical Perspective.<I/> (Cambridge University Press). Just a PS: Andrei Kolmogorov, of course, was a Soviet citizen at a time when the official state ideology was dialectical materialism, which saw human history as deterministic. According to von Plato, Kolmogorov never stated or wrote publicly that a non-deterministic universe was possible.

J. von Plato [1994]: Creating Modern Probability: Its Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy in Historical Perspective. (Cambridge University Press).

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