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The more naive the observer, the simpler the pseudorandom algorithm necessary for apparent randomness. For a paramecium a=a+1 might do.
by swayvil 4y ago
The more naive the observer, the simpler the pseudorandom algorithm necessary for apparent randomness.
For a paramecium a=a+1 might do.
- 082349872349872 4y agoHumans attempting to be random are not that much more sophisticated than the putative paramecium; they can be predicted with a 16 bit model: https://this1that1whatever.com/miscellany/mind-reader/Shannon-Mind-Reading.pdf https://this1that1whatever.com/miscellany/mind-reader/Shanno...
- osculum 4y agoOnline version for those who want to try it: https://web.media.mit.edu/~guysatat/MindReader/index.html https://web.media.mit.edu/~guysatat/MindReader/index.html I ended up doing better by choosing the answer myself, than by using a die. Go figure.