▁its ▁role ▁in ▁assigning ▁moral ▁responsibility . ▁ ▁Quant um ▁physics ▁Early ▁scientific ▁thought ▁often ▁port rayed ▁the ▁universe ▁as ▁determin istic   – ▁for ▁example ▁in ▁the ▁thought ▁of ▁Dem oc rit us ▁or ▁the ▁C ā rv ā k ans   – ▁and ▁some ▁think ers ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁simple ▁process ▁of ▁gather ing ▁sufficient ▁information ▁would ▁allow ▁them ▁to ▁predict ▁future ▁events ▁with ▁perfect ▁accuracy . ▁Modern ▁science , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁is ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁determin istic ▁and ▁st ochastic ▁theories . ▁Quant um ▁mechan ics ▁predict s ▁events ▁only ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁prob abilities , ▁casting ▁doubt ▁on ▁whether ▁the ▁universe ▁is ▁determin istic ▁at ▁all , ▁although ▁evolution ▁of ▁the ▁universal ▁state ▁vector ▁is ▁completely ▁determin istic . ▁Current ▁physical ▁theories ▁cannot ▁resolve ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁whether ▁determin ism ▁is ▁true ▁of ▁the ▁world , ▁being ▁very ▁far ▁from ▁a ▁potential ▁Theory ▁of ▁Everything , ▁and ▁open ▁to ▁many ▁different ▁interpret ations . ▁ ▁Assuming ▁that ▁an ▁ind et erm in istic ▁interpretation ▁of ▁quantum ▁mechan ics ▁is ▁correct , ▁one ▁may ▁still ▁object ▁that ▁such ▁ind et erm in ism ▁is ▁for ▁all ▁practical ▁purposes ▁conf ined ▁to ▁micro scop ic ▁phen omena . ▁This ▁is ▁not ▁always ▁the ▁case : ▁many ▁macro scop ic ▁phen omena ▁are ▁based ▁on ▁quantum ▁effects . ▁For ▁instance , ▁some ▁hardware ▁random ▁number ▁gener ators ▁work ▁by ▁ampl ifying ▁quantum ▁effects ▁into ▁pract ically ▁us able ▁signals . ▁A ▁more ▁significant ▁question ▁is ▁whether ▁the ▁ind et