How well to humans know random?

I noticed a definite bias while typing, I kept going from my left hand to right, which produced a very unrandom set of 0's and 1's. So I decided to give two different samples. The first sample was created with my left hand typing 1-5 and my right - 6-0. I suppose you could think 1-5 as "1" and 6-0 as "0". The second sample, however, is exactly what you asked for.

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FIRST SAMPLE:


6578310238
3838474748
3092837478
3839201928
9377489392

0929938947
8100110837
4783929837
4747839280
1029837478


Translation of first sample into 0's and 1's:

0100110110
1010101010
1001010100
1010101010
0100100101

0010010010
0100110010
1001010010
1010010100
1010010100


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SECOND SAMPLE:

1010101010
1001010101
0101001010
1011001010
1010101010

1010101010
1011010100
1010101010
1010101010
1010101010

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1010010110
1010001001
0101011101
0011101001
0110101011

1010001010
1001011001
0101001101
1010100111
0010011000
 
I don't think anything is random.

Random is just a word for 'lack of information.'


A coin toss is not random. If we could measure the velocity, slope, density of the ground, etc... we would know if heads or tails would come up almost every time.
 
Quote from ChkitOut:

I don't think anything is random.

Random is just a word for 'lack of information.'


A coin toss is not random. If we could measure the velocity, slope, density of the ground, etc... we would know if heads or tails would come up almost every time.
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This is one of the reasons why people argue so much about the random walk hypothesis. People do not agree on the definition of what random means.
 
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