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The probability of the accuracy of probability itself? Etc.
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RE: The probability of the accuracy of probability itself? Etc.
(February 6, 2009 at 5:58 am)allan175 Wrote: the results will *tend towards* 50/50.

That's what I meant :p ... in the limit of the amount of samples tending to infinity, the average will tend towards 50/50
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip
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RE: The probability of the accuracy of probability itself? Etc. - by lilphil1989 - February 6, 2009 at 6:14 am

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