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Re:Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active by Aardwolf on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:52AM (#32399587)
Deterministic pseudorandom would also solve these cases, and is not true random.

I'm not saying these cases are pseudorandom (the logistics of having a prng with state apply to biology looks hard), but that it doesn't seem to require true random

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Re:Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active by packetlost on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @12:11PM (#32399875)
Correct! I think that's the question though. Is there true randomness in the system or is it really just playing out based on the laws of physics. I'm more inclined to believe the mechanisms at which randomness gets injected into DNA replication is pseudorandom, but for mental constructs I'm more inclined to believe it's sensitive enough to true randomness.
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