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To: Physicist; js1138; spunkets; betty boop
Occam's Razor leads us to conclude that all subatomic decays have a random, causeless element, somewhere.

I would like to take issue with the assertion of "causeless".

One of the forms of causality is "where it not for A, C would not be". In this case, were it not for space/time, subatomic decay would not be.

687 posted on 12/09/2005 8:43:34 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

Let's see your evidence. Demonstrate that space/time cannot spontaneously come into existence.


690 posted on 12/09/2005 8:57:53 AM PST by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: Alamo-Girl
In this case, were it not for space/time, subatomic decay would not be.

I'll stipulate that existence exists. <g>

The issue here is whether decay events could be specifically predicted, given complete (or at least sufficient) knowledge of the initial state. (Proximate cause, if you will.) The reality is that, in order for such a thing to be mathematically possible, decays would necessarily behave in a manner contrary to what is experimentally observed. At least some decays cannot have proximate causes.

692 posted on 12/09/2005 9:06:32 AM PST by Physicist
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