... quantum physics wrestled with these issues. Einstein insisted that a more detailed, wholly deterministic theory must underlie the vagaries of quantum mechanics. Arguing that "God does not play dice," he designed imaginary, "thought" experiments to demonstrate the theory's "unreasonableness." Defenders of the theory such as Niels Bohr, ... 's objections reflected an obsolete view of reality. Bohr said to Einstein "It is not the job of scientists, to prescribe to God how He should run the world." The deepest lesson of quantum mechanics may be that reality is defined by the questions we put ...

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