[ExI] Fwd: [Exl] Psi and EP

udend05 at aol.com udend05 at aol.com
Sun Jul 4 19:18:30 UTC 2010



>No and no. The probability of a number coming up isn't affected in any way by the number of people who've picked it, assuming there's no psi at work. Likewise, sticking with a pick doesn't improve one's chances compared to randomly changing. It might seem counterintuitive, but for a series of coin tosses, tossing ten heads in a row is no more unlikely than tossing HHTHHTTHTT.


Thanks for this, Dave. I stand corrected. I think I knew about the coin toss from reading Derren Brown's book. However, I don't think it materially affects the rest of my argument.


Best,
Damian U.
 
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