Are sequential seeds correlated?

[richelbilderbeek]

Run this code:

# If a random number if drawn with one seed,
# how long until it is drawn by differerently seeded
# RNG?
set.seed(2)
value <- runif(n = 1)
set.seed(1)
i <- 0
while (value != runif(n = 1)) {
  i <- i + 1
}  
print(i)

Results:

First seed	Second seed	Value printed
1	1	0
1	2	Takes too long
2	1	Takes too long

Conclusion: seeds are independent

[richelbilderbeek]

Nope.