[Last Visible Dog]

I agree, they aren't opposites.

Nice of you to try and help get your little buddy out of his hole but now you have dug a hole for yourself - this was your said earlier:

PatrickHenry: I assume that "directed" means the result of deliberate action of some kind of conscious "director." I suggest that the opposite of "directed" is un-directed. A process that is un-directed may be chaotic, or random (I suppose there's a mathematician's distinction), or it may be determined (that is: the result of natural law). A determined process is not at all the same as one which is directed. Thus endeth my two cents worth of commentary.

One more time:

PatrickHenry: "the opposite of "directed" is un-directed. A process that is un-directed may be chaotic, or random "

So Pat, are you now claiming your earlier statement was wrong or is the one you just made wrong?

[Last Visible Dog]

this was your said earlier:

Make that:

this is what you said earlier:

[PatrickHenry]

I'll make one clarification, then I shall have no more to do with this absurd topic.

1. Directed and un-directed are opposites, as I said earlier.
2. Among un-directed phenomena are those which are random.
3. Random isn't directed, but other things aren't directed either (e.g., things which are chaotic or determined, as stated in my prior post).
4. Although random isn't directed, it isn't the opposite of directed.