• phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    6 hours ago

    That leaves a huge amount of power to the “random” selection algorithm and any other eligibility rules.

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      Computers cannot be random, true.

      Humans cannot be “random”, true.

      Things outside of Human and Computers control, “random” to us. E.g. Lava Lamps.

      We have ways of “randomly” selecting people, and we also have ways of not throwing non-eligible people in the hat. A couple of non-eligible people in 10,000 isn’t going to matter if at least 5001 people are eligible and competent.

      Now are humans capable of letting this happen “randomly” is another story