Order vs. Randomness

[Neo-Scholastic]

...quantum vacuum is that it indeed produces quite random quantum behavior, particles popping in and out of existence. However, I'm open to alternative views.

And if that is the case, then pretty much anything could happen. Horses could turn into trees. The Cubs could win the World Series. Etc. You have two principles acting simultaneously: a random existence generator (the singularity, quantum foam, or other fundamental ground of being) and an informing principle (something that collapses the wave function, etc.)

... why does order imply mind? It seems to me that rather mind apprehends orderliness and uses this knowledge to mimic it, but that need not necessitate that mind is needed for the existence of order. It could just be, if it is, THE WAY IT SIMPLY IS.

Unless a strong version of the Copenhagen interpretation is actually correct. In this case you have a kind of Berkleyian type ultinate observer that imposes order by means of its own observation. Such an observer, distinct in principle from, but united in fact with the ground of being would be pure intentionality - the primary feature of mind.