Martin Gardner's random bombardier thought experiment shows that
A) uncaused events in the microworld can never affect the macroworld.
B) all macro events are the product of micro causes.
C) uncaused events in the microworld can affect the macroworld.
D) the macro must be causally determined.
E) Geiger counters are causally determined time-keeping devices.

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Martin Gardner's random bombardier thought experiment illustrates how uncaused, random events at the microscopic level (such as radioactive decay) can indeed have significant effects on the macroscopic world, challenging the notion that everything at the macro level must have a direct, deterministic cause.

Martin Gardner's Random Bombardier Thought Experiment Shows That