Randomness
In the present
text so far,
we have systematically
avoided the use of terms such as
"random", "luck", "fortune", "chance",
"accident".
The reason is
that we usually only
express our ignorance
when we use these words.
The eclipse
would have happened anyway.
Astronomers have
known about it for a long time.
I just haven’t
heard about it.
Anyway, the
shadow of the earth would have
moved like this, whether there were people on
the earth or not, either the knowledgeable
astronomers or my ignorant self.
The trap of
anthropocentrism lurks
in every step of
our thinking.
At the same time
of course, we could use
the term random
(without quotes this time) for
phenomena that occur without reason, whose
appearance is not subject to the law of causality.
Such phenomena whose
existence we
denied with our
decision in Chapter 5.
We could agree
here whether we call these
phenomena random (without quotes), or lawless
because they obey no law, or free because they
are not bound by obligation to causality.
Let us use the
term free
which refers to
our freedom of thought.
Neither the one nor the other.
Here something has
happened
that we meet for
the first time and therefore
our embarrassment is understandable.
We have found
that the very nature
of the electron
contains a certain
ambiguity about its kinetic state.
This means that
the Natural Law itself
(since it
describes the nature, the deeper
essence of the electron) is unclear!
It allows some
freedom
for the motion of
the electron.
And this applies
not only to the
electrons.
The same thing
applies even to heavier
particles,to
atoms and molecules.
It turned
out that Quantum Mechanics
applies to the entire Cosmos.