Randomness

It is often claimed; particularly with regards to Quantum mechanics; that random events occur by pure chance and have no cause. Not only can this be proven wrong for many systems, but such an interpretation is purely philosophical rather than scientific. This because in that absence of any possible physical cause the only logical cause is a supernatural one and absolute naturalism forbids any consideration of supernatural causes.

There are several types of events; most are associated with gambling; that are generally considered as random, but they have definite causes.

• The flipping of a coin: When flipping a coin there is an equal probability of getting ether heads or teals, but yet the out come results from 2 main cases. The first is which side started face up. The second cause is where the coin is in its spin when it hits the ground. If the coin is near the beginning or end of a spin it will come up on the same side as it stated, but if it is nearly half way through a spin then it will come up on the opposite side. So there are causes to the results of a coin flip. Ironically, the main unpredictable factor is the intelligent agent (Human being) flipping the coin.
• Throwing dice: When throwing dice there is an equal probability of getting any one of six sides, but yet the out come results from three main cases. The first is which side started face up. The second how it rotates while be shaken in the persons hand .The third cause is how is rotates after being thrown. So there are causes to the results of throwing dice. Ironically, the main unpredictable factor is the intelligent agent (Human being) throwing the dice.
• Shuffling a deck of cards: The main causes in shuffling a deck of cards is where the deck is split, how many cards come off the thumbs together, and how many times the deck is shuffled. So there are causes to the results of shuffling a deck of cards. Ironically, the main unpredictable factor is the intelligent agent (Human being) shuffling the deck of cards.
• Coincidental events: 
• Coincidental events result from one or more unrelated causes that happen to work together, so as to produce a given event. So there are causes to coincidental events. Ironically, a common unpredictable factor is intelligent agents. (Human beings).
  

All of these examples have definite causes and intelligent Human beings are a major factor in what are often considered random events.

Many aspects of human behavior are similar to Quantum mechanics, in that they can be studied in terms of probabilities, but individual behavior is unpredictable.

• Criminal activity: Any one in law enforcement knows that crimes are more likely to occur in some places than other's and certain types of people are more likely to commit crimes than others, yet it is impossible to known who will commit a crime at any given location at any given time.
• Traffic patterns: Every car on the road is being driven by a human being who is constantly making decisions both independent of and in response to other drivers. However most roads have definite patters as to what fraction of drivers on a road will do what. Consider a three lane high way coming up to an exit. Observation of the exit will show that a predictable fraction of the drivers will take the exit while the rest go on. Also it is more probable that drivers in the right lane will take the exit than those in the center or left lanes. Yet it is impossible to tell exactly which drivers will take the exit and which will not.
• Voting pattern: On average certain groups of people are certain areas tend to vote for the same party election after election and in about the same percentages, even though impossible to tell exactly which voters will vote a particular way.
  
• Pastern making: Consider the situation where a human being is making a pattern from a group of identical parts, where the parts can be placed in any location in the pattern at a time. Even an observer who knows the pattern would not know exactly which part will go in each location nor in what order will they be placed. The person making the pattern could simply be making the choice on the spot, but the knowledgeable observer would still be able to determine the probability of a given peace ending up in a given area of the pattern.

Those every day events are considered random but they all have causes, and often one or more human beings is the most unpredictable part of the process. Furthermore much of human activity follows probabilistic patterns, much like Quantum mechanics does. At the same time are no such events that lack a cause. Given these facts it is reasonable to conclude that the probabilistic nature of some aspects of nature of some aspects of nature such as those found in Quantum mechanics are actually the result intelligent agency. This make this probabilistic nature evidence not only of Intelligent design but also of intelligent maintenance and control of the natural process of our universe, such an intelligent being would by definition be God.

• Reference: The Wondrous Design and Non-random Character of Chance Events
• Reference: The Abuses of Randomness: My Almost Final Thoughts on this Subject
• Reference: Randomness and Evolutionary cosmology - A Strong Delusion
• Reference: Science Declares Our Universe Is Intelligently Designed