Heisenberg's idea that the universe is fundamentally random, and that the order we observe is merely a statistical average of random events is hard to understand, primarily because Heisenberg provided no logical explanation of how truly random events could generate the reproducible precision we observe. What's more, upon examining his hypothesis in greater detail, as we have done in previous lessons, we find his "explanations" to be quite illogical.

   However, upon examining the laboratory evidence, we have discovered that the internal field activity from which all things are constructed is quite orderly and extremely precise. Using modern laser equipment, we can measure things smaller than one billionth of a millimeter, and periods of time shorter than a femtosecond. How fast?

   The Scientific American magazine put it this way. "One femtosecond is to one second, as one second is to 38 million years!" And that isn't anywhere near our limit of measurable precision. Doesn't sound very random does it?

   What's more, we have found that the flow patterns of energy in atoms and other things, present themselves to each other in precise coded sequences like digital music. But they are resonant. That is, they repeat themselves like a stuck CD, (or for those of you old enough to remember… like a broken record.)

   It's just like encryption... the process of scrambling information so that one's adversary can't figure it out.

   An encrypted message appears as random garbage. However, with the right computer program and the right decryption key, one can extract the original message right out of the garbage. That's because what appears to be random is really extremely complex order… that can be deciphered only by using the correct decryption sequence. The word for this is "pseudorandom." That is, a false random sequence, whereas a truly random sequence cannot be deciphered in this way.

   Thus, the pseudo-randomness of field activity hides its precision and order. Pseudorandom interactions between things are extremely limited. They can only be deciphered using the correct key, presented in the proper order.

   When two force-field structures, like atoms, touch one another, they present their coded field components to each other at the place where they touch. The fields then interact in sequence according to the two codes. What happens will be the direct, cause-and-effect result of combining the two sequences of field geometries. If they don't match, the two objects do not combine, but remain as separate objects.

   We see this in light. When two cross polarized beams of light, of the same color are combined, they produce a single beam having precisely circular polarization. That is, the two geometric patterns combine to produce a third pattern. But if they are different colors, they remain separate. Fields always get it right, and they never forget how to do it.

   This lock-and-key kind of operation within atomic field structure is the reason we have only a hundred or so different elements (different types of atoms.) What's more, they interact in an even smaller set of chemical configurations. That's why we have a "periodic table" organized by their similarities.

   A universe based on truly random uncertainty would allow for an infinite number of elements… for that is the nature of combining truly random events.

   Consequently, it is obvious that the universe is not random, it is pseudorandom. It is not disorderly at any level, but is highly organized and extremely precise. It operates on a direct cause-and-effect basis. That is, it is "deterministic". It is "causal".

   Now that makes more sense, doesn't it!

   What's more, the prospect of mapping these pseudorandom subatomic codes opens the door for a considerable amount of research… and with it… research funding. Think about it.

   Now that's exciting, isn't it!