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    Supports→Macroscopic repeatability does not establish determinism, because quantum stochasticity is merely washed out at large scales rather than absent.

    The statistical suppression of quantum effects at macro-scales leaves the underlying ontological structure indeterminist, making repeatability epistemically misleading as evidence for determinism.

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    Key Terms

    Epistemically misleading(about how our evidence (repeatability) might fool us about how reality actually works)
    Something that tricks us into believing something is true based on evidence, even though that evidence doesn't actually support that conclusion.
    Indeterminist(the opposite view of determinism, which says everything is fixed by prior causes)
    The idea that not everything in the universe is predetermined or completely caused by prior events—some things are genuinely open or random.
    Macro-scales(contrasted with quantum effects that happen at much smaller scales)
    The large, everyday size of objects and phenomena that we can see and interact with directly (like tables, people, and planets).
    Ontological
    "Ontological" refers to questions about what actually exists or is real. It's concerned with the fundamental nature of being—asking "What kinds of things are there?" rather than "How do we know about them?" For example, an ontological question might be whether numbers, ideas, or God actually exist as real things, or if they're just human inventions.

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    Quantum effects(as a physical limit preventing transistors from getting infinitely smaller)
    Weird behaviors that happen at the atomic and subatomic scale where the normal rules of physics break down.
    determinism(Discussion of classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and general relativity)
    A property of physical theories concerning whether the laws governing a system fully fix future (and past) states given present conditions; admits of degrees ('fall only a bit short')
    epistemology(Contrasted with purely descriptive scientific inquiry)
    A normative enterprise that tells us how we ought to reason from evidence and how we ought to justify our beliefs, as distinct from merely describing how we do reason or justify beliefs
    repeatability(Grounded in memory of the recent past and anticipation of the near future; constitutes one of two agencies present in every experience.)
    The property whereby what is experienced in the present can be immediately recalled and thereby anticipated to recur.

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