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> randomness at a very low level (eg radiation patterns)

Sometimes I wonder if one couldn't actually decipher these background radiation patterns, given enough resolution in sensors and enough calculation power to crunch possible models fitting the patterns.

Imho not even the drop of a dice is random and a seed is nothing but a pre-defined set of variables.

But at that point, we could probably just simulate our own realities.



I‘m no expert and all, but AFAIK there is true randomness going on in quantum effects. Here is a nice discussion: https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/210609




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