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World Service,1 min

In a random universe, is anything predictable?

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The quantum particles that make up the universe behave in a fundamentally random way. So how can we predict anything? Fields Medal-winning mathematician Hugo Duminil-Copin gives us a lesson in probability, the order contained within randomness, and why running into a wall is not a good way to test quantum theory.

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