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Philosophy

The Metaphysics of Chance and Objective Probability

Quick fact

The atomic bomb's criticality calculations rely on objective chance: when a uranium nucleus fissions, the exact number of neutrons emitted is genuinely random according to quantum theory, not merely unknown.

Why this is interesting

You probably think of probability as a way to describe uncertainty. But what if some probabilities are real features of the world, as real as atoms?