Class 24: What Is Randomness?

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Lesson 24: What Is Randomness?

Random and chance only means unpredictable, or unknown cause. Nothing has randomness, and it is not a physical property.

HOMEWORK: Read the Uncertainty excerpt. Go to scholar.google.com and search for "due to chance." See the abuse!

All questions will be answered in the following Monday's lecture.

Written lecture:
https://www.wmbriggs.com/post/52962/
https://wmbriggs.substack.com/p/148114398

Jaynes's book (first part): https://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/prob/book.pdf

Permanent class page: https://www.wmbriggs.com/class/

Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

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