Can randomness and determinism coexist?

[logico]

Are fundamental randomness and fundamental determinism inconsistent? Two such different mechanisms would imply a kind of dualism. (Does even the defeatist retreat into Many Worlds avoid this problem - if it is a problem.)

 

[NascentOxygen]

Are fundamental randomness and fundamental determinism inconsistent?

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