Comments for Radiolab Show, 601 Stochasticity

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This piece belongs to the series "Radiolab"

Produced by Soren Wheeler and Jad Abumrad

Other pieces by WNYC

Summary: When lightning strikes twice is it fate, or just random chance?
 

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Test of Faith

If you believe in fate, or events so unlikely that they can't possibly be simply coincidental, this show may be difficult for you to hear out.

It's amazing how the human mind can create consciousness out of the random chaos around us, but it's equally amazing how little our mind can recognize as randomness. Even after learning a bit about how it works, examples of stochasticity feel *counter*-intuitive despite having factual knowledge otherwise.

This episode is particularly superb for its presentation of a very challenging concept. Guaranteed to make you think twice.

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Randomness explored!

Excellent radio production. It kept me intrigued all the way through.