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		rbanffy on Aug 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cosmos Will Get a Sequel Is it really random or is it that we don't know how all the rules work?

lmarinho on Aug 7, 2011 [–]

The prevailing theory is that it is truly random. Check out the Wikipedia entry on theories that aimed to eliminate that randomness, called hidden variable theories: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_variable_theory

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