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Across the social and biological sciences, statisticians use a technique that leverages randomness to deal with the unknown.
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Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Somewhat counterintuitively, noise – also called randomness – facilitates self-organization.
—Chantal Nguyen, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
The crucial element was, again, randomness — the verifier’s choice of snippets would have to be unpredictable, to ensure that a dishonest prover couldn’t hide inconsistencies anywhere.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Those issues are an unavoidable part of football — an injury-laden, low-possession game that’s almost built for randomness.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Somewhat counterintuitively, noise – also called randomness – facilitates self-organization.
—Chantal Nguyen, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
The crucial element was, again, randomness — the verifier’s choice of snippets would have to be unpredictable, to ensure that a dishonest prover couldn’t hide inconsistencies anywhere.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Those issues are an unavoidable part of football — an injury-laden, low-possession game that’s almost built for randomness.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
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Certifying election results could take several more days, extending market uncertainty to the end of the week, but investor concerns will ease once either candidate is declared the winner, JPMorgan said.Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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There is always uncertainty about a prediction of displays of the aurora; experts only know the characteristics of a CME when its particles strike the sensors of the DSCOVR and ACE satellites, which orbit Earth about a million miles out.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Either parent could get in accidents and harm others besides themselves.Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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The investigation will continue to examine the circumstances surrounding the incident, including air traffic control communications and the operational status of the radio tower at the time of the accident.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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But after a while, realizing that in-person services remained a long way off, the group resumed meeting online, playing recordings of communal singing to which members could add their voices and sharing songs in advance to compensate for the loss of fortuity.Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2020
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Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity.Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021
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Spain’s emergence as one of Europe’s most desirable shooting locations was no coincidence or stroke of luck.Jamie Lang, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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The wall was just low enough to allow Betts to stand on his tippy toes as Capobianco held Betts’ left arm up and over the wall; and Peters – by virtue of dumb luck – did not injure Betts’ right hand, wrist, or arm.Dan Freedman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Randomness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randomness. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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