The question of random doesn mean all real numbers in "existance" as numbers are not but a conecpt. We create themm, as long as there is a need for a number of larger value that number exists. So saying all numbers having an equal chance only matters in terms of a subset. Following that we can surmise that writeing a program to genereate numbers with equal probablity for any subset we can conceive is possible. With keeping in mind that infinity isnt a number but a conception so saying the range in negative infinity to possitive infinity isnt a define bounds. I seem to remmber things call Imaginary numbers, ie infinity and other such problomatic numbers.

It is important to remember that while math is sexy goddes of explanation it isnt real, just our human attempt at quantifing everything.

Yay MATH!

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It is important to remember that while math is sexy goddes of explanation it isnt real, just our human attempt at quantifing everything.

IMHO, that's just a philosophical standpoint. Mathematics isn't a physical theory, by which someone can make predictions and match them to observations, for which we can argue that the theory is just that, theoretical and not necessarily the reality. Furthermore mathematics isn't just a language for describing the properties of objects and systems... it is the essential truth governing those properties, from which our expression of mathematics as formulae, expressions, constraints, etc., is an attempt to understand and explain reality. We could change the symbols and manipulate the equations, but the mathematical truth behind them would remain the same.

I believe there's a lot to be said for the perspective of natural philosophy over the atomisation of science into physics, chemistry, mathematics, etc.

Cheers,

Timkin