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by lisper 578 days ago
It's also impossible to prove that a given coin is not being controlled by an AI. (Or a deity.)
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FartyMcFarter 578 days ago
Yes, which is why you can only trust abstract coins that exist in a formal system which assumes independent tosses :)

If you require true randomness without any assumptions this is not the universe for you.

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jjk166 578 days ago
Just perform the same coin toss in two universes.
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