Hopes of keeping quantum mechanics 'real' have been dashed by new measurements of neutrons' quantum behaviour. Despite what our classical sensibilities require, the world is indeed fundamentally random.
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Weihs, G. The truth about reality. Nature 445, 723–724 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/445723a
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