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I gave up on determinism when I learned quantum physics.

• stevedekorte 18y ago
  There is nothing random in QM, only in it's interpretation. But interpretations are meaningless as there is no way to differentiate them via experiment.
  • jderick 18y ago
    I never said there was anything random. Only non-deterministic. Of course, we are arguing philosophy, so experiments are useless.
    • mattmaroon 18y ago
      People have, throughout the ages, attributed to randomness (or now non-determinism) things they couldn't understand.
      • steveplace 18y ago
        Or they attributed it to a higher power (fatalism/determinism). Pick your poison.
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    • eru 18y ago
      I'd like to hold the opposite view: There is randomness but the world is still deterministic. Just imagine there was a big one-time table of random numbers generated with the world. Whenever a random bit is needed, it's gets taken from the table.