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Comment author: DonaldMcIntyre 04 May 2015 04:47:37PM *  0 points [-]

Would you agree then that probability doesn't exist because it is just the product of us not reaching those hidden variables, but if we could reach them then everything would be certain?

If so, t seems that probability, like free will and time, is also an illusion.

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 04 May 2015 05:02:32PM -2 points [-]
Comment author: [deleted] 04 May 2015 05:29:11PM 0 points [-]

Quantum uncertainty and indeterminism? I've never heard these terms, but this weekend at Yosemite I met a guy from Sweden who had come here to get his PhD in physics, and he made some comment along the lines of the movement of waterfalls not being predictable/explainable by physics... so is a waterfall an example of quantum uncertainty or indeterminism? If not, what are some examples?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 04 May 2015 05:44:02PM *  0 points [-]

The typical examples are things like radioactive decay, although there are many others.

And, may I repeat, it is a myth that the some barrier prevents quantum indetermimism having macroscopic consequences. If it did, particle physics could not be an experimental science.