While commenting on science Newton says it is a body of natural laws and once they are properly understood events can be linked to their causes I a logical way.
But in contrast , he adds that in universe operating without Nature's guiding hand what happens next does not depend upon what went before.The orbits of the planets and the behaviour of people would have no more meaning in logic than the role of a roulette wheel.
From the article I read long ago I understand that atomic particles do not obey the Newtonian laws of cause and effect and they are governed by dictates of chance, nothing but the luck of the table.
Then comes Quantum Mechanics.It opines that if atoms or their components are controlled by what seems like whimsical probability, the behaviour of apples, planets, dice and everything else made up of atoms must be based on probability. Even perhaps human behaviour
To be continued...
These notes were unearthed a few days back and to people like me who are not well informed in science it might help and make them read further
If there's any flaw in the statement experts can point out
It was taken down many many years ago out of my curiosity about God playing a game of Dice?
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