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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!


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.


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?




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