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What proposed law(s) or principle(s) of nature do you find most fascinating?
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Not sure if it fits the topic, but I'd say probability in general. Applying "boundaries" to random events seems so insane because it seems like it goes against the very nature of "randomness". Especially since nothing is truly random; we call things random when we don't know how to predict the outcome (either through ignorance, or due to the sheer amount of variables that affect the result). The result of a coin flip depends on how you throw it, and everyone will throw it differently, but through some magic, if all of throw a coin 1000 times, the results will be roughly 500/500 on heads/tails. I just find that insane.