Random and Other

Let's assume that we exist in an environment where all is known. This would be due to omniscience existing, perhaps in God, as I believe, and/or due to mankind or another species developing the Theory of Everything, and also having access to time travel, so that they can monitor us even now. In this environment, Random would not exist. I imagine that even approximations of Random would wither and perish over time, as denizens of the realms became familiar with the steps used to make an outcome appear Random.

This is where point to point precision comes into play, avoiding such a static state, and establishing random in advance of the static and choiceless end. A government is at liberty, and expected, to have a currency. The US Government has multiple types and units of hard money in both bills and coins. An interesting question to ask yourself: is the penny legal tender? 

I was imagining the resonant impact of some kind of physical action that could be agreed upon to Establish Random. Even if omnipotence were isolated to one entity, an agreement of this magnitude would send ripples throughout reality, as it would echo everywhere. Even if omnipotence were perfectly distributed amongst many individuals- so that communication could smooth the timing- an agreement of this magnitude would send shockwaves through reality, as it would also echo everywhere.

Let's say that we start with all quarters of a certain year. That feels like it would secure that year in time, so that the sum of all motions of all these quarters would still balance out to most of them still being on the Earth's surface, and in the United States. This would be relatively easy to drill down to with omniscience, as a quarter represents a specific piece of metal assigned value, which could be tagged in the minds of all Americans, and beyond, to a degree. Doing this for a specific year would be like examining the rings of a tree, and focusing on a single ring.

The quarter that I just pulled is 1993. Let's assume that this coin is "The Coin of Random, subset Quarters, subset 1993"- and define that specific identity to mean: "If flipped in good faith with the intention to generate a 50/50 result, it will have a 50% chance of coming up heads, and a 50% chance of coming up tails, and the result is unpredictable from any perspective in advance of the flip."

This would mean that every other quarter from 1993 would not be The Coin of Random, meaning that someone could predict the toss with the correct perspective, at a minimum. Given our parameters of omniscience existing, however, other quarters being predictable would not be new; only having a single Coin of Random where this was not the case would be new.

 

When this is agreed to, I imagine that there would be a temporary weakness within reality. Given the precision of choosing one type of coin and one year, it feels like this would lock in actualized stability in advance for time, space, and material (metal). While I could see someone believing that they had used this material weakness to circumvent rules such as the experience of time, the agreement would be too sound for this to work in perpetuity, and it would likely not even work for very long. I could see someone setting up a simulation- Earth 2, let's say- and running this simulation for an amount of time, even in real space perhaps (like a mirror dimension). As soon as this Coin of Random Agreement is finalized, however, the system would be checked to confirm the assumptions. This would involve testing all quarters made in 1993, and confirming their present motion, if they are presently being flipped in good faith, perhaps even defining their current action as "being flipped in good faith" and using their momentum against a "balanced results" table to perpetually create Random results. If there is a forged 1993 Quarter on Earth 2, I imagine that a glitch would occur, possibly with an incomprehensible result. If the result were smoothed enough to be comprehensible (a one shot finale being preferable to an extended loop, in my opinion), it would likely result in the object flying around with velocity and direction tied to the calculation that found them out of place- Random within a range, from all valid perspectives, effectively. I have seen preludes to this already, but this is essentially saying that all such quarters would start flying around like bullets fired from a gun.

This agreement would need to be maintained, likely effortlessly, as well. Let's assume that "This is The Coin of Random!" caught on as a way of saying that one was not cheating and that the coin flip would be unpredictable and fair- I would not want each individual doing this to be required to read this entire post, in order to ensure that they had gotten the words right. I would also hope that referencing The Coin of Random would only have such dire and memorable consequences the first and/or second time, as it would also be the lesson learned and trigger phrase for anyone who had stood against its inception or inceptor with wicked intent. The "birthing pains" of Random's true emergence will be unmatched, but it is required. I imagine that God, through The Law of Agreement, could delay the moment of agreement until all direct effects, except for Random results from 1993 Quarter coin flips, will be in the agreed in past the moment after the moment that Random is established.

(It is heads).