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What Einstein meant when he said “God does not play dice …”

Vasant Natarajan A

ResonanceJul 1, 20087 citations

Does God play dice?

Gerard ’t Hooft, Edward Witten, Fay Dowker B

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 forwardEinstein 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

Physics WorldDec 1, 2005123 citations

Subtle are Einstein's thoughts

Alan H. Batten

Stop telling God what to do! When Niels Bohr said these words to Albert Einstein-if indeed he ever did – it was probably in exasperation with Einstein's frequent repetition of the phrase He does play dice with the universe. latter is perhaps the most famous of Einstein's many references to religion, although The Lord God is subtle, but malicious he is not comes a close second. There are many others too (see box).

Physics WorldSep 1, 20051 citation

Einstein was Likely Right: “God Does Not Play Dice” Does Randomness Break Down at the Planck Scale ?

Espen Gaarder Haug

This note briefly outlines how numbers that appear to be totally and independently random switch to become deterministic at the Planck scale. In other words, God does not play dice.

Dec 1, 20170 citations

God Does not Play Dice.

Durgadas Datta.

Age old debate on whether God play dice or not can be resolved by re structuring Quantum Physics.

Dec 1, 20180 citations

Einstein’s Response to the New Dynamics

A. Pais

Abstract Everyone familiar with modern physics knows that Einstein’s attitude regarding quantum mechanics was one of skepticism. No biography of him fails to mention his saying that God does not throw dice. He was indeed given to such utterances (as I know from experience), and stronger ones, such as ‘It seems hard to look in God’s cards. But I cannot for a moment believe that He plays dice and makes use of “telepathic” means (as the current quantum theory alleges He does)’ [E1]. However, remarks such as these should not create the impression that Einstein had abandoned active interest in quantum problems in favor of his quest for a unified field theory. Far from it. In fact, even in the search for a unified theory, the quantum riddles were very much on his mind, as I shall discuss in ChapterAbstract Everyone familiar with modern physics knows that Einstein’s attitude regarding quantum mechanics was one of skepticism. No biography of him fails to mention his saying that God does not throw dice. He was indeed given to such utterances (as I know from experience), and stronger ones, such as ‘It seems hard to look in God’s cards. But I cannot for a moment believe that He plays dice and makes use of “telepathic” means (as the current quantum theory alleges He does)’ [E1]. However, remarks such as these should not create the impression that Einstein had abandoned active interest in quantum problems in favor of his quest for a unified field theory. Far from it. In fact, even in the search for a unified theory, the quantum riddles were very much on his mind, as I shall discuss in Chapter

Aug 25, 20050 citations

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