[Python-ideas] PEP 504: Using the system RNG by default

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Sorry for the self-followup; premature send.

Stephen J. Turnbull writes:

 > In fact "secure" randomness is *higher*-quality for any purpose,
 > including science.

It does need to be acknowedged that scientists need replicability for
unscientific reasons: (1) some "scientists" lie (cf. the STAP cell
controversy), and (2) as a regression test for their simulation
software.  But an exact replication of an "honest" simulation is
scientifically useless!