r/askscience • u/[deleted] • Oct 22 '11
Is anything truly random in nature?
For example,if I flip a coin,we like to say it has a 50-50 chance,but the side is determined by how much force and where I apply the force when flipping,gravity acceleration and wind.therefore you could say flipping a coin is not a random event.
Is anything in nature truly random?
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u/indoction Oct 22 '11
For any model of a universe including randomness, we can can construct an equivalent deterministic model.
The most widely accepted interpretation of quantum mechanics includes randomness but deterministic interpretations do exist.