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To: TChris

Randomness and uncertainty is built into the very fabric of the entire Universe at a basic level; quantum mechanics. And it can even be experimentally demonstrated.

I'm actually considering writing some sort of an article or book on the subject, but I've noticed how many people have this unbelievably deep seated terror and horror of the very idea of "randomness" or "chaos"....I'd suspect for a lot of people words like that would set off a more negative psychological reaction than words like "evil" or "Satan."


88 posted on 01/26/2006 2:42:55 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist
Randomness and uncertainty is built into the very fabric of the entire Universe at a basic level; quantum mechanics. And it can even be experimentally demonstrated.

I don't have any dislike for randomness nor chaos. You misunderstand me.

I take issue with the idea that randomness and chaos are organizing forces. I deny that randomness and chaos are capable of raising matter into higher levels of organization and usefulness. As the second law of thermodynamics declares, when left to themselves, things deteriorate. You can't coast uphill in the long term.

Randomness and chaos most certainly do exist, and they are comprehended by the Creator. The variables are far too many for a man to deal with very well, but He has no problem with it.

Randomness and chaos do not create.

118 posted on 01/26/2006 2:49:16 PM PST by TChris ("Unless you act, you're going to lose your world." - Mark Steyn)
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