Posts Tagged ‘Randomness’

Observations

  • Random number generators (RNGs) try to simulate real-world randomness.
  • It is impossible for a computer to truly “generate” something random.
  • Flipping a coin ten times and getting a mixture of heads and tails looks more random than getting all heads or all tails.

Question

  • Does an RNG base its generated numbers off of previously-generated numbers to make the results look more random to the human eye?