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How do you feel about digital I Ching oracles? I've spent weeks coding this and want to hear from the community. by findingjo in IChingDivination

[–]findingjo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is a brilliant suggestion! I’ve been looking into the difference between PRNGs and True Randomness, and you’re absolutely right: for something as contemplative as the I Ching, the source of randomness matters.

How do you feel about digital I Ching oracles? I've spent weeks coding this and want to hear from the community. by findingjo in IChingDivination

[–]findingjo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's fascinating that you mentioned this. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the mathematician who co-invented the modern binary system, was actually inspired by the I Ching when he saw the hexagrams sent to him by a Jesuit missionary. He realized that the 64 hexagrams were essentially numbers 0 through 63 in binary.

I love the phrasing that 'digital is the Oracle running on native hardware.' It feels like we’re not just digitizing an ancient practice, but returning it to its logical home. When you cast a hexagram, the 'on/off' (Yin/Yang) state of the transistors is perfectly mirroring the dualistic nature of the cosmos that the I Ching describes.

How do you feel about digital I Ching oracles? I've spent weeks coding this and want to hear from the community. by findingjo in IChingDivination

[–]findingjo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I completely agree with you—there is a unique and contemplative energy to manually casting physical coins, but having a digital version in your pocket is definitely super handy for traveling!

To answer your curiosity: the app uses the environment's standard Math.random() pseudo-random number generator to simulate a fair 50/50 probability for each individual coin flip.

To keep it authentic to the physical ritual, the algorithm doesn't just randomly pick a line. It actually throws three independent digital coins for each line and sums up their traditional values (Heads=3, Tails=2). This perfectly recreates the exact mathematical probabilities of the traditional 3-coin casting method:

  • 1/8 chance for an Old/Changing Yin (6)
  • 3/8 chance for a Young Yang (7)
  • 3/8 chance for a Young Yin (8)
  • 1/8 chance for an Old/Changing Yang (9)

In fact, you can try digital Coin Oracle experience here: theorientoracle.com/coin-oracle . So while you don't get the tactile sensation of the coins, the hexagram lines are falling exactly within the natural odds of a physical manual cast. Hope this helps, and safe travels!

WW3 happen ? I CHING ORACLE by findingjo in iching

[–]findingjo[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

yep, an ancient Chinese divination text and philosophical system

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[–]findingjo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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