(June 4, 2011 at 3:44 pm)diffidus Wrote: It seems I owe you an apology on the mathematical question. I was assuming that you meant that each person would draw a different set of ten numbers i.e the second person would not draw the same numbers as the first and so on. However, with your extra explanation, I now see that you are allowing people to draw the same set of 10 numbers which would in fact be 10^10.It's okay, I wasn't even 100% sure I was correct. My question still stands, however, which is would you vote to convict someone accused of a crime based on odds even at 1 in a million they might be innocent?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
