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As far as I can see, the Geiger counter is a very good instrument to produce
rally random events, even when nothing is known about the source causing
the clicking.
In my mind a Monte Carlo simulation belongs to theory. A validation of
something by the Monte Carlo method is not equivalent, at least in principle,
to a validation by experiments. Drawing tickets from an urn is an experiment,
producing them with with pseudorandom numbers is not. Yes, I know that
the outcomes are indistinguishable but a line between theory and experiments
has to be drawn somewhere.