March 11th, 2004, 05:55 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Re: Are some randoms more random than others?
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Originally posted by tinkthank:
I dont know.
I'll put it this way.
If you flip a coin, there is a 1/2 chance it will come up heads. If you flip it twice, there is a 2/2 chance you will get heads in one out of those two times -- right? So I think that means "once"?
But it would be absurd to say there is a 100% chance of you getting heads, so I must be confused somewhere, or maybe it is a language thing.
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No. The coin no memory.
You are committing the same error that makes people bet on lottery combinations that have not won yet.
The universe does not care that the coin came down heads or the lottery 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Last time.
Hehehe. This is nearly the right time to introduce tinkthank to the Monty Hall problem 
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