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  • adjective Alternative spelling of subatomic.

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  • Hi Mung, if I understand the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, sub-atomic particles are "free" within certain parameters.

    A Biologos Position 2010

  • International scientists make a breakthrough discovery as sub-atomic particles are found to be quicker than the speed of light.

    Speedy Particles Put Einstein to the Test Gautam Naik 2011

  • Unfortunately, the author of the article thinks differently, since he's specifically claiming that sub-atomic particles have a degree of freedom that God lacks the ability to predict.

    A Biologos Position 2010

  • If sub-atomic particles are "free," then I would guess it's in the first sense of being "uncaused."

    A Biologos Position 2010

  • But I can sidestep this question, by pointing out that just because God ia allowing sub-atomic particles some degree of freedom doesn't mean that God doesn't know what they will do; only that neither God nor anything else determines it.

    A Biologos Position 2010

  • Bilbo: I think Falk is assuming that nature, at the sub-atomic level, is indeterministic, and that therefore it is indeterministic at macro levels.

    A Biologos Position 2010

  • In metaphysics there absolutely cannot be anything that God lacks. don provan: Unfortunately, the author of the article thinks differently, since he's specifically claiming that sub-atomic particles have a degree of freedom that God lacks the ability to predict.

    A Biologos Position 2010

  • The creation sequence goes from sub-atomic occurrences that stretch nanoseconds to cosmic events that condense millennia.

    The genius of Douglas Trumbull 2011

  • Hi Mung, if I understand the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, sub-atomic particles are "free" within certain parameters.

    A Biologos Position 2010

  • Hi Don, I think Falk is assuming that nature, at the sub-atomic level, is indeterministic, and that therefore it is indeterministic at macro levels.

    A Biologos Position 2010

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