dcbingaman
- Joined Jun 30, 2021
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I agree. The probabilistic component in quantum decay event or a electron emitting a photon and transitioning to another state does not mean it is 'uncaused'. But at the same time it does not mean it has a 'cause'. We simply don't know why quantum events happen. Our common sense wants us to believe that such things have a cause. But when it comes to quantum mechanics, we have to throw out common sense. I am not going to be to dogmatic about it. I have been wrong way to many times in my life to state something without mentioning I could be completely off base. I understand your point. Thanks for sharing.True but the randomness of the decay event timing doesn't violate the physics meaning of causality irt FTL communications or modify a past timeline. There's no easy way to predict what number comes up when rolling dice, does that break physics causality? "Caused" isn't restricted to deterministic processes. A probabilistic component in the process doesn't mean that it is "uncaused".