Does God play dice with the universe?

Question

What are your thoughts on this?

I'm not after a religious perspective..but more after a biological and cosmological perspective.

Thanks

Answer 1

I think these days, he plays poker.

Answer 2

he was merely protesting the emergence of quantum physics and was uncomfortable with the uncertainty principle. Either position or velocity of a particle can be defined, but not both. What you do not mention is the German version of his statement which starts with "Herr Gott..." translation ? "The Lord". While he certainly was pantheistic and rejected personal god, his understanding of the Cosmos certainly included a supreme presence and force. When someboody questioned him about "the elegance" of Cosmos, he replied: "elegance is for tailors" yes, god plays dice with the universe... but it may be kind of dice game we may never understand completely. DeBroglie Hypothesis is very important in understanding quantum physics.

Answer 3

Uh oh - way to misunderstand a very important quotation.



Einstein hated the uncertainty and unpredictability of quantum mechanics. He refused to accept such a random universe. The "god" he referenced was Spinoza's god - the pantheist god. Not a religious sky daddy.



Einstein admitted he was wrong later.



Does the universe play dice? If you mean, do unpredictable, uncaused random events happen? Yep.

Answer 4

Well, he wouldn't be much of a god if he just left it all up to chance.



According to quantum mechanics, yes, the universe is completely random. One day you could hit a wall and end up with pain in your hand, and another you could hit a wall and have your hand go straight through.



No experiments to prove it, however, though there might be in the near future, because people have been able to prove things in the universe using only string theory.

Answer 5

How about a relationship perspective? He doesn't. He knows what will happen and he sees the bigger picture and does whats best for us because he loves us when we cant see it. When you stand there on judgement day is he going to say to you "Well done my good and faithful servant?" or going to say "Why did you refuse me?"

Answer 6

No. The uncertainty inherent in the basic quantum structure of the universe is not the same as genuine chaos. If it appears otherwise, the problem is with our understanding.

Answer 7

Nope. I think he plays pool. Earth in the corner pocket.

Answer 8

LOL.



Einstein said "no," but I suppose Heisenberg had a different idea.



Is that what you're really asking?

Answer 9

Yeah. Pretty much.

Answer 10

Actually, he's more into Yahtzee.

Answer 11

I'm gay!