Because of the specific time restriction, there is no way to randomise the outcome ahead of time. And because it’s assumed tied to a specific physical event, there is no way to influence it at all. The whole physical definition and apparatus serve the purpose of making biasing the only way to affect the result.
Hmm, I don’t understand. Of course it is possible to influence the button push without biasing it (e.g. create a robot that flips a coin and then pushes or doesn’t push the button). And of course it’s not possible to influence the quantum event in any way (including by biasing it). So I don’t see any event that can’t be influenced in any way except by biasing it.
The way I’m using the term, unbiased influence involves replacing the stochastic event with another one that has same mean. But since (or if) the quantum event is specifically defined in the process, this can’t be done.
You are correct and I’m wrong. The causal counterfactual is unbiased and uninfluenceable. The evidential counterfactual is both biased and influenceable. I’ll correct the post.
Hmm, I don’t understand. Of course it is possible to influence the button push without biasing it (e.g. create a robot that flips a coin and then pushes or doesn’t push the button). And of course it’s not possible to influence the quantum event in any way (including by biasing it). So I don’t see any event that can’t be influenced in any way except by biasing it.
The way I’m using the term, unbiased influence involves replacing the stochastic event with another one that has same mean. But since (or if) the quantum event is specifically defined in the process, this can’t be done.
Let me ask a more specific question. In your setup with the quantum event Q and the button B, can you define the event E such that:
The agent can influence E by biasing E.
The agent can’t influence E without biasing E.
Clearly, E≠Q and E≠B, so I don’t know what E is. (I interpreted you as saying there is such an E; let me know if this is incorrect)
You are correct and I’m wrong. The causal counterfactual is unbiased and uninfluenceable. The evidential counterfactual is both biased and influenceable. I’ll correct the post.