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  • Physics
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Information Theory

Background:

  • The advent of special relativity and its block-universe interpretation is often seen as incompatible with indeterminism in physics.
  • Traditional views in physics and philosophy literature link the block-universe model to deterministic outcomes.
  • This perspective challenges the notion that relativistic physics necessitates a deterministic universe.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the prevailing view that special relativity negates indeterminism.
  • To propose a framework where the physical world is both relativistic and indeterministic.
  • To explore the implications of treating fundamental indeterminacy as a relative property.

Main Methods:

  • Re-evaluating the implications of finiteness of information principles within a relativistic context.
  • Developing a theoretical model that reconciles relativistic spacetime with fundamental indeterminacy.
  • Analyzing the consequences of correlated randomness in both classical and quantum systems.

Main Results:

  • Upholding principles of information finiteness suggests a relativistic and indeterministic physical reality.
  • The block-universe picture is rebutted by considering indeterminacy as a relative property.
  • The study explores how correlated randomness impacts relativistic indeterminism.

Conclusions:

  • Indeterminism is compatible with special relativity when indeterminacy is treated as a relative property.
  • A new perspective on the physical world emerges, integrating relativistic constraints with fundamental randomness.
  • The findings have implications for understanding randomness in both classical and quantum physics.