Definitions
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- noun The property of all
possible outcomes beingequally likely . - noun mathematics A type of
circumstance or event that isdescribed by aprobability distribution . - noun A measure of the lack of
purpose ,logic , orobjectivity of anevent .
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- noun the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
- noun (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
Etymologies
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Examples
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The sweet-spot mix of pattern and randomness is what hints at meaning and communication.
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There's a certain randomness to any system that cannot be entirely overcome by experience.
Resisting Efficient Markets, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The key to the observation "expose yourself to randomness" is that there are a lot of opportunities in the world with a small chance of a large upside that can be undertaken at a very low cost and almost no downside risk.
Wisdom from Ben Casnocha, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And randomness is essential to statistics as well for example (not implying you don't know that.)
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You have focused on the microscopic level to suggest that randomness is insufficient to explain observations.
Behe 2009
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I would note that the philosophy of "expose yourself to randomness" is something I also associate with Tyler Cowen.
Wisdom from Ben Casnocha, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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"Expose yourself to randomness" is also something Nassim Nicholas Taleb drives home in the preface of "The Black Swan".
Wisdom from Ben Casnocha, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But even so, randomness is always a crucial component in a search, that is to try the search from a completely different arbitrary angle, so you don't get stuck in a rut.
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The seeming randomness is what makes it terrifying.
Ken's Review: The Strangers - Your Typical Horror Film « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Once determinism or randomness is supplanted by choice contingency becomes problematic.
Aiguy's Computer 2008
ry commented on the word randomness
I clicked the "random word" link and came to this page. The odds are incogitable. And now I will go back to my sci-fi novel about ghost-in-the-machine, rogue AIs
November 30, 2012
fbharjo commented on the word randomness
Is it Arthur Koestler's ghost?
Are you related to Gilbert Ryle, ry?
Hope that doesn't rile you.
Hold on holons!
Ask ri to ask ry to ask why?!?! iroquoisy???? (see comments for further explanation)
spinon and on and on................Welcome to wordnik, word-ry! Have fun!
December 5, 2012
ry commented on the word randomness
ooh fbharjo I never saw the below comment. Thanks for the welcome and the...vote of confidence?
December 23, 2012