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randomness

[ran-duhm-nis] / ˈræn dəm nɪs /


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Randomness makes your brain try to figure things out, so it creates false narratives.

From The Verge • Aug. 2, 2022

Randomness can refer to an anarchic process which throws up data without rhyme or reason - like the roll of a die or flip of a coin.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2021

Cook explained that, "Randomness is very discomforting to people."

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2021

Randomness and uncertainty rule, causes are not guaranteed to be linked to effects, and an electron or other subatomic entity can be everywhere or nowhere, a wave or a particle, until someone measures it.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2019

Randomness is not easy to obtain when playing cards, either, since shuffling a deck two or three times is not enough to destroy whatever order it might have.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos



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