My recent Decoded Science article, “Free Will, Determinism and Turing’s Halting Problem” helps explain Prof. Seth Lloyd’s insights into these issues.

A Quick Look at the Halting Problem and “Free Will vs Determinism”

Some scientists would argue that our brains are “simply” complex machines that make deterministic decisions, based on the physics and chemistry inside our skulls.

Yet we all have the feeling of enjoying free will, the ability to make decisions and also to change our minds of our own volition.

On the other hand, some people may sometimes appear to be trapped by fixed patterns of behaviour. Perhaps they do not have free will, if their decisions can always be predicted?

MIT prof. Seth Lloyd argues that deterministic decisions, whether made by computers or people, could still defy prediction and appear to be examples of free will.
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Read my article to see how Prof. Lloyd applies Alan Turing’s Halting Problem to resolves this conundrum.

Learn more about Alan Turing’s real-world heroics in “Alan Turing: The Enigma” (Amazon’s Canadian paperback or Kindle in the USA pages).

Writers and editors should read my “free-will” writing tip in my other self-promotional article, “Halting the Free Will versus Determinism Debate“.

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Today Decoded Science published my “Interpreting One Report of Statistics on Science Comprehension“. A Yale professor had informally published a study that compared Tea Party supporters, conservative Republicans, and others in their test scores for science comprehension. My task was to explain what the professor’s statistics meant.

Has Anyone Studied Canadian Politicians for their Science Comprehension?

As a Canadian, simply researching that article made me wonder.

Has anyone tested our Canadian politicians for their skills, or attitudes, towards science?

My quick review of four federal party web sites revealed the following:

• The governing Conservative party, which often has branded itself the “Harper government”, has no “search” function except to find members of parliament (MPs). I went through a few pages of news items, and did not find the word “science”.
• Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP), put “science” in a news article from Sept. 2013. “NDP forces parliamentary committee to discuss challenges facing wireless telecom” simply names the title of one ministry, but at least they mention the word “science”. The NDP also lacks a “search” function.
• The Liberal Party does provide a “search” function. Of several articles that used the word “science”, I noticed MP Marc Garneau’s 2011 post, “Where does science fit in with this government’s policy-making?“. Although Mr. Garneau may not be a rocket scientist, he is a retired astronaut, which counts as “pretty close” in my books.
• Finally, the Green Party also supports “search”. Of several articles, may I note “Victoria: Rally for Science!” from 2012.

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Let me admit that I have not pursued Canadian academic journals for statistical studies on our politicians’ views towards science, nor their comprehension of scientific principles.

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