A Conversation for Probability and Statistical Reversal Paradoxes

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Post 1

wizzbilly

Can anyone remind me, please, of the title of a Tom Stoppard play which includes a scene of 2 chaps discussing the probabilty of 'heads or tails' and where the outcome of the toss is ALWAYS the same - defying all that we expect.


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Post 2

manolan

Isn't this "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"?


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Post 3

manolan

The coin comes up heads 85 times in a row (a new record for them). Definitely R&G.


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Post 4

Hoovooloo

http://www.magictricks.co.uk/prodshow.asp?code=40

H.


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Post 5

Bagpuss

Nine quid for a 10p piece?


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Post 6

Hoovooloo

Nine quid for something which could more than pay for itself the first time you use it, if you have sufficient imagination and a willingness to con people...

H.


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Post 7

Bagpuss

smiley - biggrin I look at a certain episode of Only Fools and Horses as a cautionary tail.


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