Randomness

thumb|alt=|A Pseudorandom Number Generator|pseudorandomly generated [[bitmap]] In common usage, randomness is the apparent or actual lack of definite patterns or predictability in information. A random sequence of events, symbols or steps often has no order and does not follow an intelligible pattern or combination. Individual random events are, by definition, unpredictable, but if there is a known probability distribution, the frequency of different outcomes over repeated events (or "trials") is predictable. For example, when throwing two dice, the outcome of any particular roll is unpredicta

thumb|right|200px|Cropped version of the original batch-processed image (#035A72) of the "Face on Mars" Apophenia () is the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things.

Indeterminism is the idea that events (or certain events, or events of certain types) are not caused, or are not caused deterministically.

In probability theory, odds provide a measure of the probability of a particular outcome. Odds are commonly used in gambling and statistics. For example for an event that is 40% probable, one could say that the odds are or

thumb|right|140px|Classical incompatibilists hold that determinism leaves no room for [[free will. ]] Incompatibilism is the view that the thesis of determinism is logically incompatible with the classical thesis of free will. The term was coined in the 1960s, most likely by philosopher Keith Lehrer. The term compatibilism was coined (also by Lehrer) to name the view that the classical free will thesis is logically compatible with determinism, i.e. it is possible for an ordinary human to exercise free will (the freedom-relevant ability to do otherwise), even in a universe where determinism is

aspect of history tracing the concepts of chance and randomness which were intertwined with that of fate

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economic theory: extrinsic random variable, that is, a random variable that does not affect economic fundamentals (such as endowments, preferences, or technology)