BBC: Horizon - Consciousness and free will

[Rath]

Slimebeast said:

ultima said:
Do you believe in god, Slimebeast?

Yes. 

Rath said:
Slimebeast is following Einsteins mindset here =P

I don't see why you disagree so strongly with the concept of random Slimebeast - it isn't like magic at all. Random doesn't require the supernatural.

Yes, I guess.

It is kinda like magic. Or rather - I see it only like a description, sort of mathematically/like math does, about different phenomenons.

Random is a descriptional term. But it's a nonsense statement when explaining things.

Q: -'Why did the atom decay? Why did it decay at that point in time?'
A -"The atom decayed by random".

Q: 'why did the photon end up at position x at time y'?
A: 'it went there by random'

Q: -'Why did Big bang start?'
A: -'The process started by random"

Is nonsense.

I don't see what is wrong with the first two answers really. The idea that a particle has a probability of being in any position is fairly fundamental to quantum physics - it allows for quantum tunnelling and explains the double slit experiment results. All of the evidence appears to point towards randomness existing.