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Random Numbers Generated Out of Nothing
- robwgibbons 16y agoMore like "random enough." Quantum fluctuations are not necessarily random. We just don't have the technology to understand the forces and processes which influence their fluctuations. Randomness is a human concept I don't believe truly exists in nature.
- acqq 16y agoAs far as I know quantum physicists already proved that there can be no "forces and processes" which can make quantum physics effects predictable. Einstein didn't believe in that, but it was proved.
- ithkuil 16y agoThey might be "true" random numbers, but hardware implementations could introduce some noise which might bias the distribution in such a way to give some advantage on exploiters (I'm assuming a cryptographic usage). If I remember well, also a quantum encryption (unbreakable) scheme was broken exploiting "practical" issues like that.