deterministically or randomly? neither of those could be farther from the truth.

bluedanieru · on Sept 5, 2011

The universe isn't deterministic? You've solved this? Please share!

thehotdon · on Sept 5, 2011

There's a man in the clouds jiggling us around with puppet strings, obviously.

And the man in the clouds, well, I guess he's controlled by a mystic turtle in outer space...

bluedanieru · on Sept 5, 2011

And you've discovered that determinism implies an omnipotent creator/deity?! Truly we are breaking ground here on HN that the best philosophers and scientists throughout history have grappled with for tens of thousands of lifetimes!

MarkPNeyer · on Sept 5, 2011

quantum mechanics is neither deterministic (due to quantum superposition) nor random (we can make predictions).

i don't see how this is controversial or silly.

ajuc · on Sept 5, 2011

I don't know which meaning of random you have in mind, but we can make predictions about random "things".

If I understand correctly if we measure qubit that is in 10/90 superposition of 0 and 1, we have 0.1 and 0.9 chance of it becoming 0 and 1 respectively. We can predict, that it would probably be 1, but it is still random.

Or am I wrong?