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An observer’s notion of what is ordered, what is random, and what is complex in its environment depends directly on its computational resources: the amount of raw measurement data, of memory, and of time available for estimation and inference.
what appears random to one observer may not appear random to another observer. Consider two observers of a sequence of bits, only one of whom has the cryptographic key needed to turn the sequence of bits into a readable message. The message is not random, but is unpredictable for one of the observers. One of the intriguing aspects of random processes is that it is hard to know whether the process is truly random. The observer can always suspect that there is some "key" that unlocks the message. This is one of the foundations of superstition and is also what is a driving motive, curiosity, for discovery in science and mathematics.
Originally posted by juveous:
Is It possible that nothing is random. Deny ignorance.
Originally posted by redoubt
reply to post by juveous
There are four possibilities:
1. Nothing is random, everything is fate driven.
2. There is no fate, only random occurrence.
3. Fate and randomness exist side-by-side as reactionary, mutually opposed forces.
4. Fate and randomness exist side-by-side as reactionary, mutually dependent forces.
I tend to favor #4.
Originally posted by juveous
reply to post by dragonsmusic
Dragonsmusic...I swear man I like you, I really do.
1. Thanks for pumping my thread
2. since this one is mine, the least you could do is put in some input, at least remotely related to the topic, ok?
Edit: spelled your name wrong
[edit on 26-1-2010 by juveous]
Originally posted by whaaa
I spend a fair amount of time at the poker table; both in the casino and www.
Not to see patterns, trends, streaks is quick way to insure a trip back to the ATM machine. I also feel there is some high strange mystical/psychic component just beneath the surface in these types of situations; that I have been trying to figure out for 20 years.
I also have found that there are subtle cues in the either when a streak is about to happen; both personally and for others. Now if I just had the discipline to change my style of play to take advantage, perhaps I could be a better gambler.