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ThrustVectoring comments on Are coin flips quantum random to my conscious brain-parts? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ThrustVectoring 20 February 2013 02:53:37AM -1 points [-]

Coinflips aren't quantum random because "random" isn't a property of objects, but a property of observers. "Random" merely describes outcomes that you can't predict and that you don't know of any agent that can predict with better accuracy than random guessing. "Quantum randomness" is a particularly difficult-to-guess special case of randomness.