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To: Alamo-Girl; betty boop; TXnMA
As TXnMA said, the existence of patterns in a set of numbers proves it is not random.

On the largest scale, maybe. But won't a random sequence have local clusters that look like patterns? Since the human mind loves patterns, we tend to focus on those local clusters and elevate their importance--that's how gamblers think they're on "lucky streaks" or that a slot machine is "due." And the length of a random sequence you have to look at in order to find a local pattern is often surprisingly small. One has to be really careful in concluding that one has found a true pattern.

188 posted on 03/03/2009 8:35:03 AM PST by Ha Ha Thats Very Logical
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To: Ha Ha Thats Very Logical; TXnMA; betty boop
But won't a random sequence have local clusters that look like patterns?

A pattern involves repetition.

For more information on Auto-Correlation

189 posted on 03/03/2009 8:47:27 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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