Locating possible sources of physical indeterminism

Abstract

Some possible (re)sources of indeterminism and randomness encountered in physics are enumerated. These gaps in the physical laws, if they exist, could possibly be exploited for dualistic interfaces. We also speculate that physical laws and order could possibly emerge from primordial chaos by means resembling statistics and Ramsey theory.

arXiv comment11 pages, 3 figures, completely rewritten, prepared for SATURN: Scientific and Theological Understandings of Randomness in Nature

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