Is there anything random?

Question

Is there anything in the universe that is truly, truly random? Something that has been proven to be random, anyway.

I see what you're saying, but I guess I should rephrase my question a little:

Are there any non-constant, random things? Radioactive decay is constant on a per-element basis, for clarification.

I guess I'm looking for some non-constant value whose change is decided even partly by nothing.

Picture a circle graph in your head...
say 25% is gravity, 25% inertia, and the other 50% is basically vacuum energy--there but not there. The graph represents how much each part of the graph the value at a certain generation uses to determine its value.

and yes, I have heard of the Chaos Theory. I guess I'm on a personal quest to disprove it.

Answer 1

Randomness is tricky. When you try to define it precisely, you find there is nothing there. Be that as it may, physicists will tell you that, among other things in quantum mechanics, the radioactive decay of atoms is random, but who knows what exactly they mean.

Answer 2

Have you ever heard about the Chaos Theory?
Well there are some things that appear to be random but they still have an meaning!

Nothing is random.Everything is influenced by other things.
Just like a meteorite that it looks to move randomly he is influenced by other planets gravity.

And even a computer when he tries to generate a random number ... is not really random ... just think about this!

Nothing is random!

Answer 3

I read something somewhere about subatomic particles spontaneously coming into existence and blinking out of existence on a miniscule level completely at random, or at least with a pattern too complex to uncover. That's just a dim recollection though, you'll have to investigate it further.

Answer 4

Scientifically speaking, electron motion has been proven to be rendom. Heizenburg's Uncertainty Principle states that you can guess about where an electron is, but you can't know exactly where it is, thus proving it's random motion within it's orbit.

Answer 5

remember, no be counted the position you bypass, there you're. once you could settle for the universe as be counted increasing into not something it really is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes ordinary. - A, Einstein. i assume you've heard that you ought to: brush your teeth gargle with: mouth wash, aspirin, salt, Chloroseptic, etc. get mattress relax - take a nap drink a lot of water devour a grapefruit etc.

Answer 6

I guess your question is. it is a good question though, but as far as the universe goes God gave everything a purpose even if it looks random.

Answer 7

If a tarriest attack with this very bad bacteria or virus ,that should kill every living thing ,there would be some to survive. We are that different but yet that similar.

Answer 8

...... absoloutely sometimes,....... or yes and no,...... which ever one you prefer.

ABSOLOUTE EXISTENCE is dependent firstly on 2 key principles,....... No.1.) random selection whereby all subatomic particles float through space,...... randomly searching for similar particles whose matter is compatible with its own.
When successful,..... it sticks, joins, and bonds with that particle immediately increasing its mass, and simply repeats that process continually.

No2. then changes from random,...... to deliberate,...... whereby contact with unsuitable matter is then both repelled and rejected...... e.g. heat temperatures to high / to low etc,..... radio activity levels, to high / to low etc, and so forth and so on etc.

These 2 principles are actually still in use today.....

Answer 9

It all depends who answers your question...creationists will tell you nothing is random... everything was carefully planned, while evolutionists are gonna tell you that everything you see in the world is the result of random happenings...pick your answer...

Answer 10

I'm not trying to sound stupid, even though I might. But isn't a burp random? You can choose to burp or not the same way you can choose to let one rip out your back side or not, correct? :)