random

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adj.haphazard, chance

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See also synonyms for: randomly / randomness

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So when random researchers nudged them to establish new behaviors, they were already in a headspace conducive to change.

HOW A VACATION—OR A PANDEMIC—CAN HELP YOU ADOPT BETTER HABITS NOWMATTHEWHEIMERSEPTEMBER 12, 2020FORTUNE

If information just seems sort of random, ask more questions.

TOP 10 TIPS ON HOW TO STUDY SMARTER, NOT LONGERKATHIANN KOWALSKISEPTEMBER 9, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS

Well, if your data didn’t come from random noise, the truth must still be out there.

CAN YOU COVER THE GLOBE?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSAUGUST 28, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT

There is also the tension of competition between parenting individuals like humans when it’s only a random 50 percent of their own genes that are going to get propagated.

HOW LIFE COULD CONTINUE TO EVOLVE - ISSUE 88: LOVE & SEXCALEB SCHARFAUGUST 12, 2020NAUTILUS

Only a few variants will spread, perhaps due to random chance.

A READER ASKS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS MUTATIONSSCIENCE NEWS STAFFAUGUST 10, 2020SCIENCE NEWS

Only partnered participants were slightly more self-aware—their personal romantic priorities were better predictors of their romantic interest than those of random strangers—but even in this case, the difference was small at best.

YOUR ROMANTIC IDEALS DON’T PREDICT WHO YOUR FUTURE PARTNER WILL BE - ISSUE 88: LOVE & SEXALICE FLEERACKERSAUGUST 5, 2020NAUTILUS

The grids vary in size, and the distribution of objects is either set or random.

DEEPMIND’S NEWEST AI PROGRAMS ITSELF TO MAKE ALL THE RIGHT DECISIONSJASON DORRIERJULY 26, 2020SINGULARITY HUB

A body in Brownian motion moves in random directions for random distances over and over again.

RANDOM SEARCH WIRED INTO ANIMALS MAY HELP THEM HUNTLIAM DREWJUNE 11, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE

In addition, not all evolutionary change is a response to selection, but can be neutral or random.

EVOLUTION: WHY IT SEEMS TO HAVE A DIRECTION AND WHAT TO EXPECT NEXTMATTHEW WILLSJUNE 10, 2020SINGULARITY HUB

It was from “Geena Davis, the actor, not some random Geena Davis.”

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