Elegance, Facts, and Scientific Truths

TL;DR

This paper argues that scientific determinism is more a product of mathematical elegance than empirical facts, with quantum physics providing evidence for indeterminism through experiments showing nature's capacity to generate new information.

Contribution

It challenges the traditional view of scientific determinism by highlighting the role of mathematical language and presents quantum physics as evidence for indeterminism.

Findings

Classical physics can be interpreted as deterministic or indeterministic.

Quantum experiments demonstrate nature's ability to produce new information.

Mathematical elegance influences the perception of scientific truths.

Abstract

I argue that scientific determinism is not supported by facts, but results from the elegance of the mathematical language physicists use, in particular from the so-called real numbers and their infinite series of digits. Classical physics can thus be interpreted in a deterministic or indeterministic way. However, using quantum physics, some experiments prove that nature is able to continually produce new information, hence support indeterminism in physics.