AB,
There is a discernable category of events which are perceived to be sourced from conscious intent. They are consciously intended to occur in order to produce the results envisaged by the conscious awareness responsible for invoking them. These events cannot be considered to be random.
Translation: some stuff happens because people want it to happen and act on that want.
And there are other events which have no discernable source of conscious intent.
Translation: nope, no idea. Tsunamis maybe? Eclipses? Who can say?
These events can be considered to be random,
No they can’t. Stuff happens for
reasons, tsunamis and eclipses included. “Random” does
not mean, “happens with no obvious explanation”. It actually means something like "given identical circumstances, a different outcome could have occurred".
…and such random events are often observed to interfere with consciously intended events to prevent or disrupt the intended outcome.
Translation: nope, no idea again. My “intended outcome” was to have a nice beach house and a big wave washed it away maybe? Who can say?
All these events can be seen to be deterministic,…
Above the quantum field level maybe,
all events are deterministic.
…but there is an obvious distinction between intended and unintended events.
Maybe, but not a relevant one.
And the source of intention is evidence for the power of consciously driven manipulation in our universe.
Translation: I’m going to use “consciously driven manipulation” as a place marker for “magic” and hope no-one notices that I’m still stuck with my basic deterministic vs random problem.