Probability is a mathematical method that is used to characterize random processes. Humans cannot affect "probability" because it is math. That would be like saying that humans could affect the result of 2+2.
Anyway, what you are referring to is the ability of humans to affect the outcome of a presumably random process. If that happens then the process is no longer random, and probability no longer completely applies.
So, which random process are you referring to and how would the ability to control it affect Bitcoin?
Topic: Will bitcoin surpass all previous tests of probability? (Read 1077 times)
As a wild guess I would think the calculations done at the Large Hadron Collider may be the greatest tests of extreme theoretical probability to date.
I'm not endorsing that but along those lines lets say instead of humans being able to influence probability, that at some extreme human tests of probability break down. Not because of psychokinesis or anything like that but because of some unknown cosmic law. Hypothetically then will bitcoin difficulty test this beyond any previous measure?
As a wild guess I would think the calculations done at the Large Hadron Collider may be the greatest tests of extreme theoretical probability to date.
As a wild guess I would think the calculations done at the Large Hadron Collider may be the greatest tests of extreme theoretical probability to date.
Breaking probability itself through experiment is like trying to use a hammer to hit the very same hammer. The logic which is used to connect the results of experiments to the assumptions of a hypothesis is, in part, probability.
The idea that something purely logical can be influenced by something physical ("some unknown cosmic law") is so far outside the box I'm having difficulty describing an approximate answer (just as you are having difficulty formulating an exact question). Fortunately for us, a fine wordsmith has already given this topic some attention. Look up "Infinite Improbability Drive" and "Bistromathematics".
I don't know, but I have a question that may influence how this thread goes...
How much did you drink?
How much did you drink?
The probability is high
I don't know, but I have a question that may influence how this thread goes...
How much did you drink?
How much did you drink?
If there was some cosmic force affecting probability in extreme cases, we'd know it by now. This is classic pseudoscience.
I didn't say there was a "force." My question was asked as a hypothetical so I don't know why labeling it "pseudoscience" is informative. No claim was made so your answer provides nothing of worth.
If there was some cosmic force affecting probability in extreme cases, we'd know it by now. This is classic pseudoscience.
Let me begin by saying I'm not sure this question makes any sense but in case it might I will proceed as if it does. 
What I'm wondering is if we look at human tests of probability theory at the most extreme, presumably those involving super-computers, when will bitcoin perform a calculation of even lower probability. (i.e., confirming that theoretical predictions of probability theory do indeed continue to work at a new extreme).
I've read that Princeton, for example, tested to see if people could influence random number generators.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_Engineering_Anomalies_Research_Lab
I'm not endorsing that but along those lines lets say instead of humans being able to influence probability, that at some extreme human tests of probability break down. Not because of psychokinesis or anything like that but because of some unknown cosmic law. Hypothetically then will bitcoin difficulty test this beyond any previous measure?
As a wild guess I would think the calculations done at the Large Hadron Collider may be the greatest tests of extreme theoretical probability to date.
What I'm wondering is if we look at human tests of probability theory at the most extreme, presumably those involving super-computers, when will bitcoin perform a calculation of even lower probability. (i.e., confirming that theoretical predictions of probability theory do indeed continue to work at a new extreme).
I've read that Princeton, for example, tested to see if people could influence random number generators.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_Engineering_Anomalies_Research_Lab
I'm not endorsing that but along those lines lets say instead of humans being able to influence probability, that at some extreme human tests of probability break down. Not because of psychokinesis or anything like that but because of some unknown cosmic law. Hypothetically then will bitcoin difficulty test this beyond any previous measure?
As a wild guess I would think the calculations done at the Large Hadron Collider may be the greatest tests of extreme theoretical probability to date.
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