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Does God play dice?

01 Dec 2005

Einstein was one of the founders of quantum mechanics, yet he disliked the randomness that lies at the heart of the theory. God does not, he famously said, play dice. However, quantum theory has survived a century of experimental tests, although it has yet to be reconciled with another of Einstein's great discoveries - the general theory of relativity. Below four theorists - Gerard 't Hooft, Edward Witten, Fay Dowker and Paul Davies- outline their views on the current status of quantum theory and the way forward

Gerard ‘t Hooft argues that the problems we face in reconciling quantum mechanics with general

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Gerard 't Hooft is in the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Utrechtthe Netherlands, e-mail mailto:g.thooft@phys.uu.nl; Edward Witten is in the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, US, e-mail witten@ias.edu; Fay Dowker is at Imperial College, London, UK, e-mail f.dowker@imperial.ac.uk; and Paul Davies is professor of natural philosophy in the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, e-mail pdavies@els.mq.edu.au
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