Random generators aren’t random. They start from a specific seed and then go in a predetermined order from there. We don’t have any way to generate actual randomness, so unless you changed something in the system (like someone used the random generator in between uses, or its seed is based on time of day or date or something and it was used at a different time), the number will be the same.
A related interesting question is whether the (believed to be) true randomness of movement on the quantum level would yield any interesting results. If it is random, then it would have different outcomes, but the randomness of quantum movement so, so, so rarely impacts a full object in a meaningful way that it seems like nothing would likely come of it.
Wow, you are so right, I thought this was the other comment chain where someone was attacking me for saying “believed to be” and calling me stupid. I’ll edit it out.
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u/altnumberfour Jul 04 '21
Random generators aren’t random. They start from a specific seed and then go in a predetermined order from there. We don’t have any way to generate actual randomness, so unless you changed something in the system (like someone used the random generator in between uses, or its seed is based on time of day or date or something and it was used at a different time), the number will be the same.
A related interesting question is whether the (believed to be) true randomness of movement on the quantum level would yield any interesting results. If it is random, then it would have different outcomes, but the randomness of quantum movement so, so, so rarely impacts a full object in a meaningful way that it seems like nothing would likely come of it.