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    It is not the case that Modern quantum mechanics provides empirically grounded cases of uncaused events at the subatomic level, such as radioactive decay, undermining the universal scope of the causal maxim.

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    • 1.Quantum indeterminism describes our epistemic limits, not ontological reality; unknown causes differ fundamentally from absent causes.
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    • 2.Probabilistic laws might themselves be causes; quantum fields and wave functions causally govern outcomes without determining specific instances.
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    • 3.Radioactive decay may reflect deterministic hidden variables or observer-dependent interpretations, preserving causality without empirical refutation.
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    • 1.Quantum mechanics exhibits genuine indeterminism: identical initial conditions produce different outcomes with only probabilistic prediction.
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    • 2.Radioactive decay timing lacks any known physical mechanism that determines when a specific nucleus decays, suggesting true absence of causes.
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    • 3.The causal maxim ('every event has a cause') was always an assumption, not empirically proven; quantum data now provides counterevidence.
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