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Entropy is the average uncertainty and we can trust averages to be average

Security relies on min-entropy, not Shannon entropy. Min-entropy bounds the worst case: the probability of the *most likely* interpretation, not the average. Since H_min ≤ H_Shannon, proving high Shannon entropy guarantees even the adversary's best guess has astronomically low probability. We're not trusting averages, we're using the average as an upper bound on the maximum.

oh I see now why you're making the point about minimum entropy this totally answers my question. feature not a bug, as you say 🙏