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Deterministic theories have been remarkably successful in interpreting and explaining the world, although more precise formulations will always involve random effects. An outstanding example is classical mechanics, whose utility is hardly impaired by the existence of quantum effects. Intuitively, we may think of the deterministic trajectories as being smeared out by the random effects. Even if the smearing is large, the qualitative behavior may still be captured by the deterministic result.
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Ludwig, D. (1981). Escape from Domains of Attraction for Systems Perturbed by Noise. In: Enns, R.H., Jones, B.L., Miura, R.M., Rangnekar, S.S. (eds) Nonlinear Phenomena in Physics and Biology. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 75. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4106-2_14
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