Scientists find an effective solution for the three-body problem

Re:Scientists find an effective solution for the three-body ... by elcomet on Thursday August 19, 2021 @04:27AM (#28231607)

This does not match the intuitive notion of randomness though.

I would say for a given variable to be random, it must not be predictible, given any other variables that humans can know.

I don't think it makes sense to say that X is random "with respect to Y", that's just the definition of independence.

And a constant variable is independent from all other variables, but it's definitely not random.

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Re:Scientists find an effective solution for the three-body ... by mjburgess on Sunday August 22, 2021 @02:50AM (#28263461)

Then only quantum indeterminate phenomenon is random, and nothing else.

I dont think many people have thought enough about the world to appeal to their intuitions.

Randomness isnt quantum indeterminacy.

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