Quantum Uncertainty Through Systemic Functional Linguistics [5]

Gribbin (1989: 238):

Every time subatomic particles are involved in interactions, the outcome depends on chance.  The odds may be very heavily stacked in favour of one particular outcome, or they may be no better than tossing a coin on a 50:50 basis.  But they are clearly and precisely laid down by the laws of quantum physics, and there is no such thing as certainty in the quantum world.

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, the chance on which the outcomes of particle interactions depend is the probability that quantifies the quantum system as potential.

By the same token, the laws of quantum physics are themselves statements of probability (modalisation), not obligation (modulation).