RE: Mathematics and the Universe
January 10, 2009 at 12:24 am
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2009 at 12:24 am by infidel666.)
I think there is a sufficient cause versus necessary cause issue for quantum tunneling, etc. Quantum tunneling can't occur without a particle, virtual or otherwise. There has to be some kind of sufficient cause even for that. But I don't think there is a necessary cause for which the quantum tunneling necessarily follows, unless you say passage of sufficient time to ensure that the tunneling is certain to occur. Am I getting it right? Am I close? This determinism vs indeterminism thing is pure philosophy, isn't it? I don't like it when philosophy gets involved with science.