The notion of randomness has been within my top interests for some time now. Random is defined as “made, done, happening or chosen without method or conscious decision” (Oxford American Dictionaries) or “having no definite aim or purpose; not sent or guided in a particular direction; haphazard” (Oxford English Dictionary).
Most often used in mathematical theory of probability arose from attempts to formulate mathematical descriptions of chance events and in statistics where random process is a repeating process whose outcomes follow no describable deterministic pattern, but follow a probability distribution.
In religious systems a highly deterministic worldview makes randomness not possible; the concepts of purpose and meaning exclude randomness completely (except for Discordianism:). In evolution theory, on the other hand, the selection is applied to the results of random genetic variation.
In regard to our lives, what seems the most the most fascinating is whether randomness equals unpredictability? Does it mean floating within a chaotic system? And how can you say whether a process is truly random?
