Definitions

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ran·dom (rndm)
adj.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective: random movements; a random choice. See Synonyms at chance.
Statistics. Of or relating to the same or equal chances or probability of occurrence for each member of a group

It seems we have 2 definitions here... One being a "real-world" and the other being purely mathematical in concept and in my opinion "loaned" from the real-world but not for that example.

I have always prescribed (and maintained) that "Random" is the first definition, choosing its reality over a concept designed for statistical mathematics...

Yet it appears Guv has been using the second one to determine what "Random" is.


Is the whole despute about whether the universe is "random" or not simply a matter of definition in which the statement they are really saying is :

"The universe has an equal chance of each member in a specific group to occur"

rather than

"The universe has no pattern, purpose or objective"