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There's been a number studies that showed that humans are bad at random number generation. e.g. "Humans cannot consciously generate random numbers sequences" ht
by amasad 10y ago
There's been a number studies that showed that humans are bad at random number generation.
e.g. "Humans cannot consciously generate random numbers sequences" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17888582 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17888582
- mindcrime 10y agoSure, but I'm curious why looking at the keys seems to matter.
- amasad 10y agoI guess that goes back to the original premise of the experiment. That "free will" is unpredictable. And the way I thought about it is that for me to have a true inclination -- not to just do it "randomly" -- I'd have to look at the keys and feel something.
- shkkmo 10y agoHumans are bad at random number generation, until you train them to do it. Randomness is a skill that can be learned like any other.
- amasad 10y agoDo you have any resources on how to become better at randomness?
- ConceptJunkie 10y agoNo, but I've got some dice here.
- shkkmo 10y agoI don't, but if you are curious I know Allen Neuringer studied training random behavior in animals and humans via reinforcement.