A newbies question on randomness.

[Owen-]

Hi everoyne,

Ill be honest - I don't even begin to understand anything about quantum at the moment - but the question I have relates to it (or so i have heard.) Can you help me out?

I think I know bits about how you can't tell exactly what a (particle/electron/small thing) is doing or where its going to be. Is there no way conceivable to understand what it will do? Does everything not need a cause and effect?

Main questions:

1. Can anything be totally predictable?
2. Can anything be totally random?

physically I am assuming if absolute zero was reched (i know impossible) total predictability could possibly occur (no?)

is there any state of totally randomness?

Sorry if that's a bit of a mess atm - I am stuck for time but ill be bcak to clarify soon :)

Thanks for your help..
Owen

 

[Bob_for_short]

Ask experimentalists. They will tell you that any variable "measurement" needs statistical treatment so any definite number is a result of averaging many dispersed measurements.