Does God Play With Dice? by Stephen Hawking
I am no physicists, but I don't get the concept of God playing with dice. Logic shows me that the entire universe is calculated very precisely according to the correct (far more than we know) formulas of physics.
I think that if the universe were to restart today from nothing as an exact replica of it's original origin under the exact same conditions, when the time reached the universe's current age, I would be sitting here again typing up this question.
But if God does indeed play with dice, then this has to be false. It would mean that there are random factors in physics. I'm inclined at this point to believe that any "random" factor in Quantum Physics is simply a factor that hasn't been understood by physicists yet. After all, we're always wrong about something in science.
My question:
In what scenario have physicists observed a truly random factor in quantum physics?
While I was asking for a specific scenario that proves random factors exist in physics, a comment below explained the concept rather nicely, albeit without proving an observable scenario:
I believe that it is accurate to state that if 1) quantum mechanics is true (as it appears to be; the evidence for it to be right is said to be overwhelming) and 2) there are indeed hidden variables or many universes, then 3) "we" in principle cannot and will not (ever) have access to those variables or other universes. Depending on taste you may still consider that indeterministic, as in: in principle (because of QM) unknowable and unpredictable (if even existent) to physicists. – Glen The Udderboat
