Q&A: Science
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Science
Question
Hello Rabbi, my question is this: according to today’s science, is nature completely deterministic, and is that as clear as the fact that tomorrow the sun will rise, or is it not unequivocal?
Answer
No. There is quantum theory, which according to the accepted interpretation is not deterministic. Aside from that, the rest is deterministic, but even that is only insofar as the laws of nature known to us are correct.
Discussion on Answer
You can say anything. You can also say that prayer goes beyond the laws of nature even if they are deterministic. I’m not really interested in what one can say, but in what is true.
So then maybe you could push it and say that nature sometimes “hesitates,” and maybe that’s where prayer can take effect?