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Michamus t1_jd8td42 wrote

Reply to comment by 3good5you in In-depth interview with Gregg Caruso, free-will skeptic by fatsosis

Saying it is truly random has a higher burden of proof than saying it appears random. Sure, it may truly be random, but currently we just don’t know enough to say one way or another. If it really is random, it’ll be our first discovery of a truly random event.

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3good5you t1_jd8zqzf wrote

I see what you mean, in general, but that would lead us to basically not being able to say anything is something, wouldn't it?

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Michamus t1_jd90n5g wrote

Not really. We just don’t have enough data to conclusively make a claim like that. Especially since historically when claims of true randomness have been made, they’ve turned out to not be the case. It would be interesting if it turned out to actually be the case, though. Once we actually start relying on it functionally, we’ll know for certain if it’s really the case.

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