[Doctor Stochastic]

I'll look at this tonight. The term, "randomness" is often misused. I've got some comments, naturally.

[StJacques]

Thanks Doc. I do have a pretty good background in mathematics myself. I did quite a bit of work in Quantitative Analysis in grad school, primarily in analyses using Partial Correlation, Simple and Multiple Regression, and especially Ecological Regression Analysis. I've used the techniques in everything from voter analysis to charting Demographic trends, the latter of which formed the brunt of my "real world" work as a Research Analyst, before I migrated into software development in the late 1990s.

"Randomness" naturally falls within Statistics and Probability Theory and the "lightning" example I posted was drawn directly from what I remember from an "Introduction to Quantification Theory" lecture in and "Advanced Logic/Elemental and Set Theory" seminar in which the professor wanted to introduce us to the idea of using quantification as a means of reducing doubt or, "eliminating randomness" as an acceptable explanation.