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The discussion centers on the concept of randomness and its implications for existence and discovery. It highlights the limitations of computer-generated random numbers, which rely on a seed, such as a timestamp, making them pseudo-random rather than truly random. The idea is proposed that if a program could generate a static plane of random numbers, it might eventually yield meaningful outputs, like images or videos, including historical events. However, the conversation also acknowledges that any significant discovery within such randomness would be exceedingly rare, suggesting a balance between randomness and fundamental forces in shaping existence.

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Is it yet possible to have an equation whose output is completely random?

I know that programming random numbers on a computer is based on a seed (a current time stamp), and is not total random though it is sufficient for the job.

I was thinking that if it were possible to create a program that generated a static plane of random numbers and then convert those numbers into something meaningful (images for instance), then wouldn't it be possible given enough time to find a picture of myself as a baby. If the numbers converted to video then we could watch Neil armstrong land on the moon. I could propose that an entire universe could be discovered within the randomness.

Granted that any such discovery within a random sequence would be infinitesimally small.

I find it fascinating that existence may just be random coincidence and has nothing to do with forces at all.
 
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For existence and relation to randomness, see things like natural selection.
Each decision restricts future choices. Fundamental forces guide the selection.
So stuff like planets and stars are not all that unlikely.
 

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