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by CryptoFascist 3257 days ago
Not counting radioactive decay as a physical process because you've chosen to define physical processes as deterministic is some intriguing mental gymnastics.
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for the purposes described in the comment - I was quite clear that a certain level you get down to quantum effects.

But for the context of the physical processes the OP was talking about those effects are not significant and so I excluded them.

How about we replace the dice with Schrödinger's cat?
Then we’re dealing with a very different thing and the conversation is therefore different?
> Theoretically all physical processes are predictable, but in practice there is a limit.

So you defined away quantum effects as 'not physical', which most people would not agree with. How do feel about the theoretical limits on measurement accuracy that also negate your claim?