Comment by spgrk on 30/08/2024 at 04:35 UTC

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Of course we don’t know when an atom will decay and can only give a probability, everyone agrees with that. But some people think that the decay event is random and others think it is determined. It is an unresolved problem in physics. What words would you use to describe this problem?

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Comment by diogenesthehopeful at 30/08/2024 at 05:05 UTC

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But some people think that the decay event is random and others think it is determined.

Can we agree that it is caused? That is the sticking point because posters on this sub erroneously conflate causality and determinism. I think that is the source of the disagreement. If you conflate causality and determinism then of course people are going to disagree about random vs determined when it comes to any probalistic event including radio active decay.