Unknowability in Mathematics, Biology, and Physics.

The article focuses on mathematical field dealing with unknowability is algorithmic information theory and halting probability Omega, which is defined as the probability that a self-contained computer program chosen at random will eventually halt. It mentions random mutations and natural selection a...

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Published in:	Social Research Vol. 87; no. 1; pp. 107 - 112
Main Author:	Chaitin, Gregory J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Johns Hopkins University Press Spring2020
Subjects:	Information theory Natural selection Computer simulation Applied mathematics Computer programming Biosphere Systems biology
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost