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Would coming in contact with each other very often as in particles in a gas or liquid be one of those cases?

Last question then. Do the effects of constructive and destructive interference remove any of this randomness?

Sorry, I didn't know you meant it like that. Does this apply to particles larger than atoms? The double slit experiment was preformed with carbon fullerenes but I'm not sure if that applies to this.

I don't mean why as in "Why?". I'm aware no one knows. I mean, what actually goes on physically, to create the randomness.

Okay, so why would you get different combinations of letters each time then?

Basically, particles have a mind of their own? That's all I'm trying to find out.

While it seems similar, I was under the impression from three Physics professors that small particles move in a random, uncaused fashion. Something about particle scattering?

I'm trying to understand the movement of particles due to quantum mechanics. I made this image. It is a magical receptor box. Every time an H atom strikes a receptor, the letter associated with that receptor shows up as a read out on a computer. For example if a H atom hits the top receptor, it...

As sort of a thought experiment, in the incredibly^10 unlikely event that things would "jitter" in some kind of meaningful way, could larger, more recognizable events happen? I've forgotten how nuclear decay works, but would it be possible (again incredibly unlikely) that each atom of Uranium...

Thanks Archosaur too. I didn't see your message before I asked my other question.

And they would be different because of the quantum randomness right? It's a given but they both start off exactly the same but you probably knew that. I just wanted to make sure. If those are both yeses, then you have answered all of my questions and I thank you.

Thank you so much Dr. Chinese. This one might be a little more confusing though. I want to know if the quantum randomness could affect larger? things if given enough time. Two universes, each with billion gallon cereal bowls full of alphabet cereal. Let the "simulation" run for a million...

Bear with me, I am not a scientist. Also, this is NOT a question about free will. I wanted to know if particles ever move in random directions. Since I know there will be an issue of semantics here, I will give some examples: Two separate universes (when I say universe I mean, "area where stuff...