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Perfect randomness sounds simple, until you try to make it. A die can be polished, balanced and rolled thousands of times.

ETH Zurich scientists for the first time created certified perfect random numbers using entangled quantum chips.

It cannot just toss a coin because everything that goes on in the scale of the logic is basically completely predictable.” ...

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