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RANDOMNESS AND CAUSALITY IN QUANTUM PHYSICS Eleven famous quantum experiments

Pier Sandro Scano

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Quantum Physics is usually defined as a theory that affirms a primary role of randomness and probability. Eleven well-known quantum experiments are examined and the result is the coexistence of both random and causal type behaviour. We need both to describe experiments. Quantum Mechanics states the general overcoming of causality and this statement constitutes an unlimited generalization, not supported by experience. Determinism and indeterminism are philosophical systems, that universalize causality or chance. The crucial point is the difference between epistemic and intrinsic randomness. In the first aspect, randomness does not have a fundamental meaning, in the second, randomness of the individual event is explained, but the detection of high stable regularities remains to be explained. The article addresses the question of entanglement and various aspects of probability theory, including the law of large numbers, arriving at the thesis that many relevant questions are unresolved. A causal description is in quantum mechanics impossible in principle, given its assumptions. In order not to contradict experience, both points of view are necessary, causal and random. This is the state of the research, to return to and start again from.

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hal-04742846 , version 1 (18-10-2024)

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Pier Sandro Scano. RANDOMNESS AND CAUSALITY IN QUANTUM PHYSICS Eleven famous quantum experiments. 2024. ⟨hal-04742846⟩
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