Reply #23: err, I don't get it

[Ignoramus]

Yes, there's the paradox about infinity, which should bring doubt into the picture about a mechanical view of the universe made of discreet "things". But, that doesn't mean that there can be such a thing as randomness. Things that happen, do happen. And any arrangement of things, forms a pattern. I think the butterfly wing's affecting weather idea is an argument against the "biblical" notion of chaos. The question is about how we perceive reality and how applicable our conventions of thought are.