The prevailing ontological framework of contemporary science posits "randomness" as a fundamental, irreducible property of the physical universe. This paper challenges that assumption, contending that randomness is an epistemic placeholder—a linguistic and mathematical heuristic for unresolved causal complexity. I introduce the Causal Vacuum Postulate, asserting that for an event to be truly stochastic (ontically random), it must occur in a state of absolute suspension from all universal fields—a state physically prohibited by the ubiquity of the Higgs, Gravitational, and Zero-Point fields. By synthesizing evidence from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), Evolutionary Biology, and Algorithmic Information Theory, I argue for the Principle of Scalar Inheritance: the mechanism by which deterministic subatomic laws scale up to dictate macroscopic outcomes in complex systems. Finally, I argue that ontological randomness raises conceptual difficulties when examined under causal closure—a state that is unavoidable within the manifest universe. Furthermore, I apply this framework to the epistemology of artificial intelligence and macroeconomic market dynamics, illustrating how probabilistic smoothing destroys causal data. Finally, I address the biological paradox of measurement independence, arguing that human cognition itself is deterministically channelled by evolutionary constraints.
Shantanu S. Goel (2026) studied this question.