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To: fortheDeclaration

>> It is the gamblers fallacy to count the events as together.

It’s mathematically sound to compute the probability of a particular outcome of a series of random events. Which is what was done when they say “the odds of six coin tosses all being heads is X%”.

However, for any SUBSEQUENT coin toss, what came before doesn’t affect the odds of THAT TOSS, which are still 50-50.


72 posted on 02/02/2016 12:56:52 PM PST by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: Nervous Tick

It is therefore meaningless regarding the subsequent coin toss.


156 posted on 02/02/2016 11:31:05 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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