[Mister_Diddy_Wa_Diddy]

The idea that nothing happens without a cause simply doesn't wash nowadays.

Yeah, that's one of the major fallacies of "nowadays".

Did you happen by mere chance?

[BikerNYC]

Did you happen by mere chance?

You have no idea what quantum mechanics teaches us, do you?

If everything is caused, would that include your thoughts? Is every thought you have and every action you take caused by some determinstic mechanism? And if that is so, what amounts of free will?