THE COSMIC DICE

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WHAT ROLLS THE COSMIC DICE?


IF WE ARE GOING TO BE TRUE BELIEVERS IN CHANCE, THERE CAN BE ONLY OPTION: CHANCE.

CHANCE ROLLS THE COSMIC DICE OR THE COSMIC DICE ROLL THEMSELVES.

REMEMBER, THESE ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY THE PEOPLE WHO ASSUME THAT NOTHING HAPPENS ON PURPOSE, NOTHING IS PLANNED BY ANY ENTITY.


Choice and meaning in quantum universe


The quantum laws are indeterministic : They fix not what actually happens, but only the probabilities for the various things that might happen.

That is, quantum theory is in its orthodox form.



The unpredictability of nature


A belief in the predictability of nature lies at the heart of Newtonian Physics.

Newtonian Physics is a scheme for precisely predicting the future behaviour of objects from knowledge of their present behaviour.

The predictability of nature underlies the idea that the Universe is a grand machine running like clockwork according to pre-determined laws.