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Re:What is randomness? Nobody knows.. by WiseWeasel on Friday April 20, 2012 @12:35PM (#3868608)
In a practical sense, I'd say the definition is simply our inability to recognize a pattern at this point; it's completely subjective.
Re:What is randomness? Nobody knows.. by jasomill on Friday April 20, 2012 @12:39PM (#3868632)
Lehmer (1951), by way of Knuth Vol. 2, "A random sequence is a vague notion embodying the idea of a sequence in which each term is unpredictable to the uninitiated and whose digits pass a certain number of tests, traditional with statisticians and depending somewhat on the uses to which the sequence is to be put."