String theory posits multiple dimensions over the 3+1 used in SR. and not all of those are spatial, in my formulation. If you don't want to call it time, fine.
I'm not sure what sort of "explanation" you're looking for. E.g. gamma radiation just results from an atom in an excited state dropping to a lower energy level, emitting a photon in the process.
And, yeah, if your problem is that there is no "cause" of the decay, then your issue is not with the specific case of the decay, but with the general probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics.
@theDoctor yeah, only there's a difference between a numbers that's so small, I can't even write it down and a number that's $\sim 10^{-5}$ (arbitrarily picking a number, I know, but it's to demonstrate a point)
@theDoctor Are you aware that if you have a large enough sample, probabilities turn into things like 'rates' and 'average numbers'? (exactly what depends on context...)
i'm makignn perfectly good sense, I just can't type worth a darn sometimes.
@Mithrandir24601: yes, I am well aware of that. But that doesn't mean that there aren't useful semi-deterministic air particles bouncing around at the small scale.
i hesitate saying small, because my argument argues for a scale-free system.
i have an actual way to start re-ordering atomic-level system, throwing out the classical periodic table and starting with a stronger foundation than a simple integer counting scheme.
No, but it got me into a PhD and may have got me a side project during my PhD (although that bit's still only at the "in principle, I'm interested" stage) :)
