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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