Random Numbers

[Intro: Numberphile's James Clewitt (Clayton)] Everybody, I want you to clear your head for a moment and I want you to think of a random number from 1 to 10 Got it? Ok (Hmmm, let me think... random aight? Fine, seven!) 45% of you are going to have said 7. Seven. Everybody says 7 Obviously you're not gonna choose 1 or 10 because that's not very random, right? You're not gonna choose an even number, because they don't sound particularly random, either And you're not gonna go for 5, because 5's in the middle. Hell, that's not random So you probably want a prime number, so 9's out 3 is too small. 3 is like you're not trying. You haven't worked hard enough to get to it So what are you left with? You're left with 7. So everybody chooses 7 So is there something innately random about the number 7? No, of course not. That's ridiculous! There's nothing random about any number, right? If I said to you, pick a random number, and you said 5, how do I know that's random? [Hook] Random numbers Ra-Random numbers Random numbers Random fucking numbers! [Verse 1] Yeah, what is random? What is fucking random? Your mind can't make it Your computer neither Lots of ways to fake it But are you a believer? Yeah, I mean is it random that I befriended someone like Matt? Yeah, he's my fucking homie We know we good, don't we? Vice President of Claybell Yeah, he's doing very well So can that be random? Ask to our fandom [Hook] Random numbers Ra-Random numbers Random numbers Random fucking numbers! [Verse 2] Is it random or Is it predetermined, life? Is it bad luck when we have war? Good luck meet your future wife? Or is it all set? Carved in stone since we're born And we just sit and let Time tell us how it is, then we celebrate or mourn Totally impotent, hostages to destiny Or can we try to change what is and will be? Numbers, everywhere just Numbers; war, love, lust Numbers, behind all technology Controlling our society A number to tag you To say you're just a regu- Lar person, with some random digits Telling you your life, oh it's That and this, just deal with it Whatever you do, it was meant; that's why you did it Can we accept that? Can we accept being at A planet with life in it If just a single minute Of our history was not like it is Maybe there'd be no life, no you, no your kids Random events creating us Embrace the random then cause That's an alias for freedom Random numbers, we need'um [Hook] Random numbers Ra-Random numbers Random numbers Random fucking numbers!