Comments on: User authentication in a world with no free will http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/ Random thoughts on tech, books, programming, etc. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Antoine http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Antoine Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:44:49 +0000 http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/#comment-119 You are mixing up absence of free will and determinism. The movement of the mouse could just be random. There's no free will in quantum particles either. Actually your algorithm would work best if there *was* free will, because individuality is the best way to identify people. (not to mention that the need to identify people only exists because of individuality: in a world of ants it doesn't matter that ant A accessed the system instead of ant B) You are mixing up absence of free will and determinism. The movement of the mouse could just be random. There’s no free will in quantum particles either.

Actually your algorithm would work best if there *was* free will, because individuality is the best way to identify people. (not to mention that the need to identify people only exists because of individuality: in a world of ants it doesn’t matter that ant A accessed the system instead of ant B)

]]> By: Antoine http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-1767 Antoine Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:44:00 +0000 http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/#comment-1767 You are mixing up absence of free will and determinism. The movement of the mouse could just be random. There's no free will in quantum particles either. Actually your algorithm would work best if there *was* free will, because individuality is the best way to identify people. (not to mention that the need to identify people only exists because of individuality: in a world of ants it doesn't matter that ant A accessed the system instead of ant B) You are mixing up absence of free will and determinism. The movement of the mouse could just be random. There’s no free will in quantum particles either.

Actually your algorithm would work best if there *was* free will, because individuality is the best way to identify people. (not to mention that the need to identify people only exists because of individuality: in a world of ants it doesn’t matter that ant A accessed the system instead of ant B)

]]> By: terry http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-100 terry Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:05:49 +0000 http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/#comment-100 Right. Paul Erdos used to say that God has a book with all mathematical proofs in it. If he has one with algorithms, then the above would be in it. Right. Paul Erdos used to say that God has a book with all mathematical proofs in it. If he has one with algorithms, then the above would be in it.

]]> By: terry http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-1766 terry Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:05:00 +0000 http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/#comment-1766 Right. Paul Erdos used to say that God has a book with all mathematical proofs in it. If he has one with algorithms, then the above would be in it. Right. Paul Erdos used to say that God has a book with all mathematical proofs in it. If he has one with algorithms, then the above would be in it.

]]> By: Conrad http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Conrad Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:57:07 +0000 http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/#comment-99 God's identity authentication system? "Do nothing. I know who you are." Funny post! God’s identity authentication system?

“Do nothing. I know who you are.”

Funny post!

]]> By: Conrad http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Conrad Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:57:00 +0000 http://blogs.fluidinfo.com/terry/2007/12/13/user-authentication-in-a-world-with-no-free-will/#comment-1765 God's identity authentication system? "Do nothing. I know who you are." Funny post! God’s identity authentication system?

“Do nothing. I know who you are.”

Funny post!

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