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Is radioactive decay truly random?

>Since all atoms posses the same physical properties The very first line of the OP's post is wrong. Atoms have different properties. There are different elements and isotopes. They have differing mass, charge, position, velocity, and angular momentum. Then the electrons can be in different...
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- Post #21
- Feb 14, 2007
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So you keep fliping a coin. 50/50 chances

The standard answer is that its, informally, 2 to the power of -infinity, or zero. The formal answer is its the limit of 2^-n as n approaches infinity. Which is also zero. In non-standard analysis, the answer is not zero ; it differs by a computable amount. The answer is 2^-H, where H is an...
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- Post #21
- Feb 14, 2007
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Is there such a thing as randomness?

>According to QM, this is impossible to determine. Yes, QM says it's impossible to determine in the model called QM. I think the Copenhagen interpretation says it's impossible to determine precisely by using a measuring device. (I'm not sure what kinds of particle collections constitiute a...
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- Post #43
- Feb 14, 2007
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Is there such a thing as randomness?

> QM...explicitly states that the process is really random Matthias99, if that is stated in your QM textbook, then that textbook should belongs in the fiction section of the library. QM consists of PRECISE, DETERMINISTIC formulas and yields PRECISE statistical distributions that can be...
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- Post #40
- Feb 14, 2007
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Infinity

>we could scale up group s to the scale of B so that the units "match", but in doing so we show the general irrelevance of measuring distance. Well, the centimeter has no universal significance. It has to be backed up by a standard - such as an actual object whose length we declare to be a...
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- Post #97
- Feb 13, 2007
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First fully end-to-end quantum computer is a reality UPDATED

>Suppose P(x1,...,xn) is a decidable predicate in n free variables I find your post a bit confusing. To me, "decidable" means you can make up your mind on whether the particular predicate is true or false for particular values x1...xn. Is this what you meant? Also, I'm not sure how to "solve"...
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- Post #54
- Feb 12, 2007
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Is there such a thing as randomness?

>I am not sure what you mean by your "Brownian motion" example >Brownian motion is perhaps the LEAST deterministic of all classical theories. Einstein made a model for Brownian motion, based on random collisions. Using the model, he could make statistical predictions that agreed with...
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- Post #33
- Feb 9, 2007
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Is there such a thing as randomness?

I'm not sure what you mean by philosophy, but I think you are saying that you don't trust logic. That's quite normal and understandable; people have operated on the basis of irrationality, superstition, and ignorance for millenia. My comment is not strange at all; F=ma is taught all of the...
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- Post #31
- Feb 9, 2007
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Is there such a thing as randomness?

>>QM is fundamentaly correct. >calling it correct is going too far. Just like Newton's F=ma, QM is 100% correct - within its limited domain. By "correct", I mean that none of its predictions (usually statistical ones) have been falsified. Not a single one. Unfortunately, QM's domain is...
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- Post #27
- Feb 9, 2007
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*** Official ASUS P5B / P5B Deluxe Thread ***

There are five 3-pin fan headers (the CPU fan header actually has a 4th pin) on the MB. The CPU fan header and 1 of the other headers cannot be controlled. The other 3 headers are controlled all by one PWM setting. So this mobo is not very flexible :( I don't understand the "Q-Control"...
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- Post #859
- Feb 8, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Infinity

Why beat a dead horse, Estrella? The supporting link is clear enough: 1/infinity = 0 "can be made rigorous using the limit concept". If you have more insight to add, perhaps you should let Wolfram know. Yes, I agree. Points are small circles, of infinitesimal size, and they touch on the...
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- Post #62
- Feb 8, 2007
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Is there such a thing as randomness?

Yes, it's frustrating, isn't it - being perfect and still not being able to know something! I would call it "ignorance". I don't know what's in the box, but whoever manufactured it or closed it last does know. It's not random. You couldn't be more wrong. Did you know Einstein was a...
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- Post #24
- Feb 8, 2007
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Is there such a thing as randomness?

"therefore unknowable, therefore random" You don't understand something, so it must be random. Or maybe it's because of The Gods. Great logic there.
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- Post #17
- Feb 7, 2007
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Infinity

>>Originally posted by: EricMartello >Exactly... no responce!! >/thread Did you have anything to contribute to the discussion? Or are you just trolling?
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- Post #57
- Feb 7, 2007
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Infinity
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- Post #54
- Feb 7, 2007
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