Why does the uncertainty principle imply randomness?
It is a common misconception that the uncertainty we find in the subatomic world is a function of the intrusion of observation, or some sort of optical illusion. It is not. If you think of particles in the conventional, macro sense, you would assume that there is a ‘real’ object, and a real location. But what we find at the subatomic level is something different, something we can not give an analogy for. It is that what we consider to be a solid object is *also* a wave. That makes no sense on an experiential level, but we’ve done a LOT of testing of these ideas, in fact, more testing than any other theory of science has ever been tested, and it still looks very right. You can see that you cannot locate a wave in a precise place, NOT because you are not good enough, but because the nature of the wave itself is not local. I mean, even with an ocean wave, you cannot say precisely where it is, and to carry the analogy further, you cannot say where the wave ends, or even IF it ends.
