Chaotica Delenda Est!

 

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From: 'scerir' via Everything List <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sun, Jun 28, 2015 5:38 am
Subject: R: Re: A riddle for John Clark


 
 
True randomness is not computable by (at least one) definition of "random".    
But a good pseudo-random number generator would not be detectable for many 
steps (SFMT period = 2^216091).  
-Brent  
   
  
That reminds me of Saint Thomas Aquinas:   "Therefore, it is not contrary to 
divine providence that there are some fortuitous and chance events among 
things." - "Non est igitur divinae providentiae contrarium quod sint aliqua 
fortuita et casualia in rebus.",  in 'Contra Gentiles', III, 74, 
  
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