Carpenter, BE2022-06-082022-06-082022-05CDMTCS Research Reports CDMTCS-562 (2022)1178-3540https://hdl.handle.net/2292/59594This note advances an entirely materialistic and deterministic view of the limits of physical theories. The following sections cover: a) A demonstration that any physical theory that is accessible to human intelligence is necessarily an approximation; b) Recognition that physical theories based on probability and randomness are therefore approximations; c) A conjecture as to how the randomness and unpredictability that we observe arises from an underlying and inaccessible theory; d) A conjecture about the origin of unpredictable spontaneous quantum events such as unstable isotope decay.Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htmReport2022-05-17Copyright: The authorhttp://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess