Einstein: Randomness in Nature

Nothing is random, mathematically speaking.

“In other words, God tirelessly plays dice under laws which he has himself prescribed.”

Nothing is random, mathematically speaking. There are laws of nature, and we are able to observe patterns in nature. As he said, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”

“Einstein considered these fluids to be composed of discrete molecules whose many collisions with a brownian particle caused them to jump in random directions — a random walk. His analysis not only explained brownian motion, but also bolstered the case for the existence of atoms (which, at that time, was not universally accepted).

Einstein's approach was founded on the principal that noise, like other natural phenomena, is an expression of physical law.”“Physics in the Noise”, Michael Shlesinger, Nature, June 7, 2001

I’m not going to pretend to be an expert on (or truly understand) Einstein’s thoughts on quantum entanglement, but I know a thing or two about computers and randomizing algorithms. They call it “pseudorandom”, or fake random. In short, the “Random” Einsteins are not completely random, because there is no true randomness on computers.

The art created on the link below is not completely random. It’s being created because you are loading (or refreshing) that page at a certain moment in time, at a certain place, on a certain device. This art would not exist without you pressing this button below.

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