I was confused by the way he was using the term “non-determinism”. Then I read this:
It’s important to understand that computer scientists use the term “nondeterministic” differently from how it’s typically used in other sciences. A nondeterministic TM is actually deterministic in the physics sense
Assuming that person was correct, then it seems like Aaronson is responding to an argument that uses the physics sense of “non-determined”, but replying with the CS sense—which I’m thinking makes a difference in this case. But that’s just what it seems like to me—I must be misunderstanding something (probably a lot of things).
This was my feeling as well, that Aaronson was inappropriately using the technical definition of “nondeterministic” from CS in a context where that wasn’t the intended meaning.
I was confused by the way he was using the term “non-determinism”. Then I read this:
-Theoretical Computer Science Stack Exchange
Assuming that person was correct, then it seems like Aaronson is responding to an argument that uses the physics sense of “non-determined”, but replying with the CS sense—which I’m thinking makes a difference in this case. But that’s just what it seems like to me—I must be misunderstanding something (probably a lot of things).
This was my feeling as well, that Aaronson was inappropriately using the technical definition of “nondeterministic” from CS in a context where that wasn’t the intended meaning.