Re: Truly Random Numbers On A Quantum Computer??

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Date	Sat, 29 Mar 2025 11:50:06 +0000
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

> On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:16:29 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:
>
>> The definition of “randomness” is “you don’t know what’s coming next”.
>> How do you prove you don’t know something? You can’t. There are various
>> statistical tests for randomness, but remember that a suitably encrypted
>> message can pass every one of them, and a person who knows the message
>> knows that the bitstream is not truly random.
>
> Here’s an even simpler proof, by reductio ad absurdum.
>
> Suppose you have a sequence of numbers which is provably random. Simply 
> pregenerate a large bunch of numbers according to that sequence, and store 
> them. Then supply them one by one to another party. The other party 
> doesn’t know what’s coming next, but you do. Therefore they are not random 
> to you.
>
> Which contradicts the original assumption of provable randomness. QED.

I think your definition of randomness is wrong. If the sequence can be
repeated by anyone, then it is pseudo random, not random.

Random is without a predictable pattern or plan.

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    Re: Truly Random Numbers On A Quantum Computer?? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-03-29 11:50 +0000
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