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Where in physics does randomness occur?

  1. Nov 20, 2011 #1

    Jarfi

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    Electrons appear randomly in quantum physics, but are there any other places where particles behave randomly, is there any other true randomness in the universe, something we can not predict?
     
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    Jarfi, Nov 20, 2011
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  3. Nov 20, 2011 #2

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    How about radioactive decay? A uranium nucleus happily sits there for a billion years, then one day emits and alpha particle and decays. Why? There is no known reason.
     
    phyzguy, Nov 20, 2011
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