Meh, yeah, maybe? Still seems like other, more substantive objections could be made.
Relatedly, I’m not entirely sure I buy Steve’s logic. PRNGs might not be nearly as interesting as short mathematical descriptions of complex things, like Chaitin’s omega. Arguably collecting as many bits of Chaitin’s omega as possible, or developing similar maths, would in fact be interesting in a human sense. But at that point our models really break down for many reasons, so meh whatever.
Meh, yeah, maybe? Still seems like other, more substantive objections could be made.
Relatedly, I’m not entirely sure I buy Steve’s logic. PRNGs might not be nearly as interesting as short mathematical descriptions of complex things, like Chaitin’s omega. Arguably collecting as many bits of Chaitin’s omega as possible, or developing similar maths, would in fact be interesting in a human sense. But at that point our models really break down for many reasons, so meh whatever.