Q&A: Nature
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Nature
Question
Hello, Rabbi, I saw in a lesson that you say that our physics today is teleological and not causal, is that still considered deterministic?
Answer
I explained it there. There is no connection between teleology versus causality and determinism. Quantum theory is not causal, but that has nothing to do with its teleological aspect. There are teleological theories that are completely deterministic (analytical mechanics, Fermat’s principle, and others).