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That reminds me of a technique for randomly selecting someone in a small group. Suppose that there are 6 people. On the count of 3 everyone has to hold out 0-5 fingers. Add the numbers mod 6, and that selects the person.

The funny thing about it is that as long as anyone picks randomly, the answer is perfectly random. But everyone can feel some sense of control.



Well, everyone can feel some sense of chaos, since anyone can randomize the result but no one can force the result.




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