(March 13, 2026 at 2:18 pm)Disagreeable Wrote:(March 13, 2026 at 2:16 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: What's the difference between "random" and "unpredictable"? I'd think if determinism is true, "random" would be a null set, while "unpredictable" would simply mean we lack sufficient knowledge of the antecedents to make an accurate prediction -- or it could mean that QM is truly random. How would we be able to tease out that difference?
Well the difference is between epistemic randomness and metaphysical randomness. Epistemic randomness is just the fact that we're unable to predict something, whereas metaphysical randomness is things being uncaused and unstable in reality regardless of if we're able to predict it or not.
Right -- but how would we actually know which one was which? I should have phrased my question better.
