Absolute Randomness?

Does a lottery machine truly makes random numbers? No, I don’t think so. I don’t think absolute randomness is possible anyhow. Why? Because everything that happened depends on something else that happened before. So no, absolute random does not exist.

First of all, what is absolute random? To me, it is something that happens without anything happens before hand. But if nothing had happened, nothing would happen because there won’t be energy for things to happen. Think about it, if you put an apple on the table and take out all of the environmental variables. Which means no gravities, no frictions, no winds, no lights, no anything. The apple would just sit there, nothing “random” would happen to it. But only under one circumstance, only if the apple even exist. Because without anything, there won’t be anything to make an apple with. So if this is true, randomness would mean that randomness is the state of nothingness. But that contradicts the meaning of the word random, which is something that happens without something that happened before hand. Thus means that randomness is undefined, its not nothing, nor its anything.

Maybe you are trying to prove me wrong by saying that the first thing that happened before anything happened is the absolute randomness. Maybe you are right, it should exist. But can you tell me, what is it? What is the first thing that happened? If you can even answer that question, what had caused the thing that happened you just told me? That would make your answer like PI, it never ends, there is always something, you can’t reach the end. So if you can’t reach the end, can you even say that there is an end? So if there isn’t an end, there is no end. And if there is no end, can you tell me what is the first thing that happened, which doesn’t exist?

There, my point made, there is no absolute randomness. Nothing will ever be true random. Anything that was claimed to be random always have some starting number that was use to make something “random” out of it. For example, a random number generating program depends on a number that was inputted into it. Maybe you are saying that a computer aren’t able to produce a random number because it is a deterministic machine. Well then how about flipping a coin? You do agree that we are not deterministic (although we still depends on something), right? The side the coin will land on depends on how much force you put into flipping it, your technique of flipping it, how fast the coin rotates, and more. But why would you be flipping a coin in the first place? Because you are trying to prove me wrong. But why are you trying to prove me wrong? Because you read this article I wrote. Why….. Can you see now what I mean by randomness couldn’t happen?

Right now you might be wondering what can you do with this thing you just learned from my point of view? Well, you can think that you wasted your time reading this piece of crap that doesn’t help you with anything and forgetting it. Or you can have a discussion about absolute randomness with your friends and wins the argument. Or agree with me and know that there will be no true random and go on with your life.

Absolute Randomness?By: Yuping Liu
Does a lottery machine truly makes random numbers? No, I don’t think so. I don’t think absolute randomness is possible anyhow. Why? Because everything that happened depends on something else that happened before. So no, absolute random does not exist. First of all, what is absolute random? To me, it is something that happens without anything happens before hand. But if nothing had happened, nothing would happen because there won’t be energy for things to happen. Think about it, if you put an apple on the table and take out all of the environmental variables. Which means no gravities, no frictions, no winds, no lights, no anything. The apple would just sit there, nothing “random” would happen to it. But only under one circumstance, only if the apple even exist. Because without anything, there won’t be anything to make an apple with. So if this is true, randomness would mean that randomness is the state of nothingness. But that contradicts the meaning of the word random, which is something that happens without something that happened before hand. Thus means that randomness is undefined, its not nothing, nor its anything. Maybe you are trying to prove me wrong by saying that the first thing that happened before anything happened is the absolute randomness. Maybe you are right, it should exist. But can you tell me, what is it? What is the first thing that happened? If you can even answer that question, what had caused the thing that happened you just told me? That would make your answer like PI, it never ends, there is always something, you can’t reach the end. So if you can’t reach the end, can you even say that there is an end? So if there isn’t an end, there is no end. And if there is no end, can you tell me what is the first thing that happened, which doesn’t exist? There, my point made, there is no absolute randomness. Nothing will ever be true random. Anything that was claimed to be random always have some starting number that was use to make something “random” out of it. For example, a random number generating program depends on a number that was inputted into it. Maybe you are saying that a computer aren’t able to produce a random number because it is a deterministic machine. Well then how about flipping a coin? You do agree that we are not deterministic (although we still depends on something), right? The side the coin will land on depends on how much force you put into flipping it, your technique of flipping it, how fast the coin rotates, and more. But why would you be flipping a coin in the first place? Because you are trying to prove me wrong. But why are you trying to prove me wrong? Because you read this article I wrote. Why….. Can you see now what I mean by randomness couldn’t happen? Right now you might be wondering what can you do with this thing you just learned from my point of view? Well, you can think that you wasted your time reading this piece of crap that doesn’t help you with anything and forgetting it. Or you can have a discussion about absolute randomness with your friends and wins the argument. Or agree with me and know that there will be no true random and go on with your life.

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