Darren New wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
>> Now, quantum interactions appear random to us, but if it were possible
>> to "zoom in" sufficiently, we might determine otherwise.
> 
> As I understand it, this has been conclusively disproven in ways not too 
> difficult to understand.

Unless you mean merely to imply that such "zooming in" is theoretically 
impossible, to my (very limited) knowledge on this subject I don't think 
that this is true.  At least as far as classical quantum mechanics is 
concerned, it is possible for the predictions to arise from entirely 
deterministic, with the caveat that you have to allow for 
faster-than-light interactions.

The most relevant theorem is known as Bell's theorem: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%27s_theorem, which you may remember 
was employed in the paper arguing against Wolfram's CA view of physics 
that I linked for you.

In fact, a deterministic interpretation of quantum mechanics has been 
mathematically laid out 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohm_interpretation, although I don't know 
how well it lends itself to attempts to unify it with general relativity 
(although afaik, it's not clear how well standard QM is either).

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