[hannob]

Seeing it like this is totally fine. I.e. this is basic research to better understand the nature of random numbers.

It just happens that all so often I see vague justifications of the form "Random numbers are important for crypto THEREFORE we need fancy random number thing X" - however the logical link between the two is not explained in detail (X may be quantum RNGs - or papers like the above). I won't blame anyone for doing basic research. I just don't like it if people advertise their basic research with practical implications that simply aren't justified.