[MD] Quantum weirdness

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[Case] 
> Nowhere in Lila does Pirsig claim he is writing a work on cosmology.

But his new metaphysics does have repercussions on one's view of cosmology.

[Case]
> Nor does he claim to be upending the law of physics.

But he does claim to be upending classical science: 
"The only difference between causation and value is that the word “cause” implies absolute certainty whereas the implied meaning of “value” is one of preference. In classical science it was supposed that the world always works in terms of absolute certainty [READ: DETERMINISM] and that “cause” is the more appropriate word to describe it. But in modern quantum physics all that is changed. Particles “prefer” to do what they do. An individual particle is not absolutely committed to one predictable behavior. What appears to be an absolute cause is just a very consistent pattern of preferences. Therefore when you strike “cause” from the language and substitute “value” you are not only replac­ing an empirically meaningless term with a meaningful one; you are using a term that is more appropriate to actual observation."
(RMP, Lila, Chap. 8)