this is not a bad point but it also feels a bit like moving the goal posts
AstroLightz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Is it truly random though? If in a specific point in time, the number generated is always the same, then that’s not truly random.
Absolute true randomness would be a different result every time it is generated in that specific point in time.
A bit Sci-Fi and probably unrealistic opinion, but it does make me curious about how this kind of randomness could be implemented.
FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 4 weeks ago
I mean, when you collapse that logic you’re effectively saying random is the same thing as non-deterministic. But they’re different things, because even if an infinitesimally exact moment in time may “always” produce the same result, because the arrow of time only points in one direction, no such deterministic result can ever be replicated, and if the result cannot be replicated, then what is the difference from random?