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If quantum mechanics is truly random at that level, and these mechanics affect biological processes, would that mean we do not live in a deterministic universe?
by josephagoss 13y ago
If quantum mechanics is truly random at that level, and these mechanics affect biological processes, would that mean we do not live in a deterministic universe?
So if we restarted the universe from the exact starting conditions (imagine this can be done for sake of my point) then does this mean the universe would be different every single time?
- Xcelerate 13y ago> So if we restarted the universe from the exact starting conditions (imagine this can be done for sake of my point) then does this mean the universe would be different every single time? Assuming there's such a thing as a universal wavefunction (which seems to be kind of debated), then yes, that is what quantum mechanics predicts at least.
- DennisP 13y agoIf nothing else, radioactive decay is a quantum random process that has a biological effect when it alters DNA.