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Determinism handlar om huruvida det finns en anledning till att isotopen sönderföll vid en exakt tidpunkt eller om det är chaos/slumpen som avgjorde det(indeterminism). Människan kommer kanske aldrig kunna förutsäga exakta tidpunkten för sönderfallet.

Determinism is the philosophical belief that all events are determined completely by previously existing causes

Indeterminism is the idea that events (or certain events, or events of certain types) are not caused, or not caused deterministically.

Determinism is the philosophical belief that all events are determined completely by previously existing causes

Du gör allting så otydligt och luddigt som det går när målsättningen bör vara den omvända. Någonting kan inte var mer eller mindre deterministiskt. Det är deterministiskt eller ej.

Adequate determinism is the idea that quantum indeterminacy can be ignored for most macroscopic events. This is because of quantum decoherence. Random quantum events "average out" in the limit of large numbers of particles (where the laws of quantum mechanics asymptotically approach the laws of classical mechanics). Stephen Hawking explains a similar idea: he says that the microscopic world of quantum mechanics is one of determined probabilities. That is, quantum effects rarely alter the predictions of classical mechanics, which are quite accurate (albeit still not perfectly certain) at larger scales. Something as large as an animal cell, then, would be "adequately determined" (even in light of quantum indeterminacy).

Adequate determinism is the idea that quantum indeterminacy can be ignored for most macroscopic events.

That is, quantum effects rarely alter the predictions of classical mechanics, which are quite accurate (albeit still not perfectly certain) at larger scales.