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Old 01-03-2006, 03:59 PM
damaniac damaniac is offline
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Default Re: Problem with your book

Think about this a different way. You're flipping a coin. You hit 19 H in a row. Now you think the odds a T is now more likely than a H. Why would this be? Does the coin know it's come up 19H in a row and thus needs to produce a T? What physical phenomenon would alter the probability of a 50/50 proposition?