Is there true randomness in the universe?
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You can search these youtube channels: Vsauce, Numberphile and Sixty Symbols. They have some interesting videos about randomness, maybe it can help you to understand better.
What is “true randomness”, and how would you test for it?
What is “true randomness”, and how would you test for it?
What is “true randomness”, and how would you test for it?
The outcomes at the quantum level are truly random. That is, there is no way to predict the exact outcome from the starting position. That is why entropy in the universe is increasing: entropy is essentially the amount of information needed to describe the system, and each time a quantum event is randomly resolved, it adds that outcome to the sum of the information that defines the current state of the universe. A state that you couldn’t have known even if you had all the data to define a previous state. Quantum events may seem insignificant but, with the butterfly effect, those random outcomes will play a role in how our macroscopic world will unravel.
The outcomes at the quantum level are truly random. That is, there is no way to predict the exact outcome from the starting position. That is why entropy in the universe is increasing: entropy is essentially the amount of information needed to describe the system, and each time a quantum event is randomly resolved, it adds that outcome to the sum of the information that defines the current state of the universe. A state that you couldn’t have known even if you had all the data to define a previous state. Quantum events may seem insignificant but, with the butterfly effect, those random outcomes will play a role in how our macroscopic world will unravel.
The outcomes at the quantum level are truly random. That is, there is no way to predict the exact outcome from the starting position. That is why entropy in the universe is increasing: entropy is essentially the amount of information needed to describe the system, and each time a quantum event is randomly resolved, it adds that outcome to the sum of the information that defines the current state of the universe. A state that you couldn’t have known even if you had all the data to define a previous state. Quantum events may seem insignificant but, with the butterfly effect, those random outcomes will play a role in how our macroscopic world will unravel.
Yes, at very small scales or very large scales and in the motion of most places that are not consciously maintained by other humans (who humans generally understand and therefore note the purposes/intentions of in maintaining or having certain systems in place.) If one thinks about what humans choose to observe or about mechanisms within our minds which allow us to be observers of the universe then sometimes coincidences/perceived order becomes the norm or habitual observation. What you’re describing might be called entropy.
Yes, at very small scales or very large scales and in the motion of most places that are not consciously maintained by other humans (who humans generally understand and therefore note the purposes/intentions of in maintaining or having certain systems in place.) If one thinks about what humans choose to observe or about mechanisms within our minds which allow us to be observers of the universe then sometimes coincidences/perceived order becomes the norm or habitual observation. What you’re describing might be called entropy.
Yes, at very small scales or very large scales and in the motion of most places that are not consciously maintained by other humans (who humans generally understand and therefore note the purposes/intentions of in maintaining or having certain systems in place.) If one thinks about what humans choose to observe or about mechanisms within our minds which allow us to be observers of the universe then sometimes coincidences/perceived order becomes the norm or habitual observation. What you’re describing might be called entropy.
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