One of the first things you need to learn before you are ready to live in Smearland is that randomness isn't random. (And yes, that contradicts the currently-held fundamentals of quantum physics. Einstein never liked the idea that chance and unpredictability were at the heart of the universe. And he was right.)
Random can be defined as "lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; unpredictable". But your ability to predict or identify a pattern depends on your KNOWLEDGE of the system. Therefore, what you perceive as random (or not) is based, in large part, upon what you know about the system. (You'll have to ponder this idea for awhile; it's simple, yet the implications are profound.)
Why is this important? Because we are searching for the hidden variables that determine what outcome will be observed. And we are looking where no one else has looked before - in the mind, where observation occurs.
