On 23-Dec-08 19:27, stbenge wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Shay wrote:
>>> 1. The universe is made of particles which behave in predictable ways.
>>
>> Errr, no. The particles behave in ways that are only statistically 
>> predictable.
> 
> Particles are individually unpredictable (to us) because we still do not 
> have a complete understanding of physics. Very tiny particles may appear 
> to do random things, but until we have determined the what the smallest 
> particle is -- the true quanta -- we can't say for certain that truly 
> random events actually happen. They look random to us because of our 
> incomplete understanding.

That looks suspiciously as if you believe in a hidden variable type 
theory. I think it was proven that reality has no underlying hidden 
variables. It is however some time ago that I did really study physics 
and reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPR_paradox it is clear to me 
that I need a refreshing course.

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