ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Chance and Necessity

Hey there little buddy! Today, we're going to talk about chance and necessity. Do you like playing games of chance, like rolling a dice or spinning a wheel? Chance means that sometimes things happen by luck or by random coincidence. For example, if you roll a dice, it's up to chance which number comes up. You can't control it.

But what about things that we know are going to happen? Like the sun rising every morning or plants growing from seeds? These things happen because of necessity – they're natural laws that we can't change. Necessity means that things happen because they have to, because that's how the world works.

So, chance and necessity are two different ways that things can happen in the world. Some things happen by luck or coincidence, while others happen because of natural laws that can't be changed. And sometimes, chance and necessity work together to create really interesting and unpredictable outcomes!