Is Complete Randomness really possible?

So Veeky Forums is the generation of completely random numbers for applications such as cryptography really feasible or is it relative?

That image isn't random data, it's encrypted child pornography. As a responsible American, I've tipped the FBI.

Wait you guys don't see the Schwastika in that image? You do hear the voices though, right?

>for crypto purposes
Oh silly user, machines can never use true random sequences.

On a large enough data set even the most advanced "random" generation will have noticeable patterns i.e. in OP image you see that dark and light colors group together.

quantum algorithms may help but there not really a point to it as PRNGesus are doing a really good job already

Holy fuck. I don't know why I haven't thought of this before, but using the quantum field for encryption is a genius idea.

There's always a random bias.

Nothing is random because randomness defies causality.

Does anyone else see the number 88 in ops image?

No such mechanism exists for all mechanisms are deterministic.

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If you don't, it means you're colorblind.

a solvent can exist beyond and within.

We could number every atom within a radioactive substance and use whichever decays.
The rate of decay can be influenced but as far as we know there's nothing that can predict or influence which exact atom from a group will decay next.

We could use the collapse of quantum entangled particles as the outcome is completely random.

Your inability to predict the outcome of things are not an indicator of randomness but your autism.

So no, true randomness does not exist.

Fair but if the prediction requires information whose scope is beyond what can be gathered then it's close enough.

Not at all. If your measurement methods fail to give you enough input to make a healthy deduction, then you declare that you don't have enough data to support the argument that randomness might be plausible.

I'm all for a 100% deterministic universe.
Just saying that for all practical purposes an outcome which cannot physically be predicted with current capabilities is sufficient for use as a random variable.

But we're talking about true randomness, not what can cheat our perception.

Otherwise you can look at up what the current nanosecond is and you'll get a "random" value each time.

/b/ is pretty random

Doesn't that only leave dark matter and dark energy as potential candidates for non-deterministic effects?

It leaves nothing to randomness. It simply does not exist.

Why has nobody mentioned quantum tunneling probability?

( I know this guy kind of did because radioactive decay is just quantum tunneling )

Do you all subscribe to the hidden variable theory of QM or am I missing something?

reverse image search it, i got it from google just search 'random bitmap image'
1/10 almost had me

obviously machines cannot be random because they are made to be deterministic but i'm wondering if electrical noise and atmospheric is really good source for entropy for crypto applicatons

>good

Irrespective of determinism shouldn't you be past this?

fair enough, all i wanted what other though about this subject

It's already a field of research, look up quantum cryptography

Reverse image search it on Tor. It's an actual picture of an execution on a small child. It's just the pixels are shuffled. You see how much red there is