... Nature almost surely operates by combining chance with necessity, randomness with determinism...

Eric Chaisson
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...Nature almost surely operates by combining chance with necessity, randomness with determinism... I’m not exactly sure about this one.

Source: Epic Of Evolution: Seven Ages Of The Cosmos

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