Developer Dreams... Random Numbers

Mark Schonewille m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com
Sun Dec 16 12:00:27 EST 2007


Richard,

I didn't attend the process (for my research, I did exactly the  
opposite), but I believe it is save to assume that Mads Haar took the  
pattern out of the data, keeping the randomness. Since the way a coin  
flips is eventually determined by physics, you might be right that  
randomness is an intellectual construct, without being even slightly  
irrational as I'd call it, but I'd rather leave that topic to  
philosophers.

Joe, thanks for your reply. Of course, it is great that you seek to  
find knowledge by your own observations and I can only encourage  
that. I just hope nobody is getting confused by this discussion,  
thinking that maybe the data from Random.org are not random. If  
you're looking for random numbers, Random.org is a great source.

Best regards,

Mark Schonewille

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Op 16-dec-2007, om 17:30 heeft Richard Gaskin het volgende geschreven:
>
> Chaotic, yes, but random?  Hmmmmm....
>
> Without sounding too Taoist/quantum, given the interrelationships  
> between natural patterns I sometimes wonder if randomness is a  
> purely intellectual construct, unrelated to the natural world.
>
> Nonetheless, I'm sure that approaching that ideal is useful for  
> human purposes.  Good work in making it available to Rev folks.
>



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