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IN the first sentence of Lord Cherwell's communication1 occurs the phrase “a number chosen at random”; and the applicability of the theory of probability surely depends on the possibility of random choice. Now an integer can be chosen at random from any finite set, but there is no way of choosing one at random from the infinite set of all positive integers. Thus if Lord Cherwell chooses an integer “at random” it will certainly be less than as otherwise he will not live long enough to write it down. But the probability that an integer chosen at random is less than is zero.
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HALDANE, J. Number of Primes and Probability Considerations. Nature 148, 694 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148694a0
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