What (else) is wrong with using time as a seed for random number generation?

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I understand that time is an insecure seed for random number generation because it effectively reduces the size of the seed space.

But say I don't care about security. For example, say I'm doing a Monte Carlo simulation for a card game. I DO however, care about getting as close to true randomness as possible. Will time as a seed affect the randomness of my output? I would think the choice of PRNG matters more than the seed in this case.

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