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Originally Posted by CoachAlan
I have an ulterior motive for asking this question, but the motive is not important here. What is important is this: If a system is not determinstic, is it necessarily random? And if a system is not random, is it necessarily determinstic?
I know that there is chaos, but that's really determinism that gives the illusion of randomness.
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Quantum physics holds that there are completely random events
such as radioactive decay. For everyday occurrences random events can be approximated to almost certainty with statistics using the correspondence principle.
Note: Eistein and others have problems with Quantum physics, hense his famous quote, God does not play dice with the universe.
A miracle such as the resurrection of Jesus (if true?) is considered non-deterministic as it has no natural cause.
Chaos , randomness - even in Quantum mechanics may be more a reflection of our lack of understanding than reality.