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by hga 5788 days ago
Statistical mechanics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_mechanics
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"is the application of probability theory"

My comment still stands.

I wonder, since you said your problem was that it "could easily imply the common problem of assuming the existence of a secure PRNG". Statistical mechanics involves real, true randomness, and the statistical comes in e.g. where you use statistical models of things at the micro scale to explain macro scale behavior. I don't get the impression that it involves statistics in the way you are using the word.