So, yes, asking people to generate a random sequence doesn’t result in a random sequence, but I wonder if we are random enough to get a random bit string in the same way you can extract one from a biased coin?
I also wonder if simple hacks like “only ask me for one symbol (a digit, or binary digit, or H/T) every 10 seconds, and have them automatically recorded without letting me see past ones so I can’t really remember recent substrings” could eliminate biases related to sequential symbol probabilities being conditional on one another.
So, yes, asking people to generate a random sequence doesn’t result in a random sequence, but I wonder if we are random enough to get a random bit string in the same way you can extract one from a biased coin?
I also wonder if simple hacks like “only ask me for one symbol (a digit, or binary digit, or H/T) every 10 seconds, and have them automatically recorded without letting me see past ones so I can’t really remember recent substrings” could eliminate biases related to sequential symbol probabilities being conditional on one another.