Think of a number

• Autores: Michael Brooks
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3012, 2015, págs. 36-37
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Human brains are wired to spot and generate patterns. That is useful when its all about seeing predators on the savannah before they see them, but it handicaps people when they need to think in random and unpredictable ways. That's a problem, because true randomness is a useful thing to have. Random numbers are used in cryptography, computing, design and many other applications. Their inability to"do" random means that they usually have to outsource it to machines. Here, Brooks discusses the reliability of randomness.