Is there such a thing...
This has come up quite a bit in debates. It seems most people think there is no such thing as randomness as everything seems to be determined by initial conditions. Even chaos evolves based on initial conditions however difficult it is to predict.
The result of flipping a coin depends on which side it was originally on, force of the flip, air pressure, aerodynamics of the coin etc...
Even randomness at the atomic level seems to be based on probability as opposed to randomness. Quantum effects are based on probability as opposed to randomness. This of course has repercussion on free will or determinism.
So my question exists... is there such a thing as randomness and if so what would be a truly random event!