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Technically speaking, even physical computers have error rates and are, therefore probabilistic. With large distributions, your mean approaches your expected value -- the same kind of analytical result you get from boolean logic. Similarly, biological systems run on probabilistic algorithms and the fact that two twins starting from the same DNA can be so remarkably similar after millions of steps it a testament to the power of probabilistic algorithms.


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