RE: [PHP] Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution
| From: | tedd | Date: | Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:20:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution | ||
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At 3:34 PM -0500 12/12/07, Robert Cummings wrote:
On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 13:13 -0500, tedd wrote: Just because we think, does not prove randomness, nor order, inNo, just because you can "re-arrange objects" to your definition of order does not mean they are ordered -- unless you are making one of those "begging the question" arguments (i.e., "I ordered it, therefore it's ordered"). Instead, I claim that you perceive order, when there is not, other than in your mind, and that's the point. One might claim that if you could order things, then they would remain ordered -- but nothing remains stagnant. Furthermore, what you claim as ordered will not necessarily be "in order" by another observer. As such, "order" is an abstract concept of the mind, nothing else. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.comnature -- it only proves that we think about it.Actually, order is proven. The fact that I can re-arrange objects into an order proves it exists, the accuracy of the ordering may fall into question, but not that they are ordered. It's random that can't be proven. Cheers, Rob.