larry@utcsstat.UUCP (larry) (10/01/85)
>Quantum physics seems to deal more with probabilities than randomness, >since events can happen spontaneously without cause, but the event that >occurs occurs with a certain probability. This is not true randomness, >since it is probability that guides what events occur. > > Scott Southard <southard@unc> I don't understand this statement. Do you mean to imply that when there is true randomness there are no probabilities? This contradicts the fact the probability is usually only used when randomness IS present. (Actually, there is considerable debate re: definition of probability. "Theories of probability" by Fine gives an excellent account of this). Larry Wasserman -- {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!utcsstat!larry {ihnp4|decvax|utzoo|utcsrgv}!utcs!utzoo!utcsstat!larry