Episode notes
What are the uses of randomness, and how do we even get it? What happens to your body when you don’t sleep? And is Stardew Valley secretly… a horror game?
Links we Discuss:
Infinite Monkey Theorem Results
We also learn about: Ella making random noises, chiptune drums, dice fanfiction, the infinite monkey grant, gggggggggggggg, everyone guesses 7 and picks Rock, a very funny joke for our particle physicist listeners, a million random digits, minecraft seeds, the Russian sleep experiment creepypasta, sleep themed band names, the optimal nap, do the dip kids! Maureen the rocking chair champion, um actually it’s called Apophenia, tetris fanfiction, and ludo narrative disonance.
Sources:
Humans Cannot Consciously Generate Random Number Sequences
The Predominance Of Seven And The Apparent Spontaneity Of Numerical Choices
Hannah Fry on Rock Paper Scissors
Winning at Rock Paper Scissors
Hot Hand Fallacy and Gambler’s Fallacy
Galton Discussing Dice for Statistical Experiments
LHC Tippet and the Random Number Table
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