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PoindexterOglethorpe

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15. I've been reading about this problem for years now,
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 09:29 PM
Dec 2017

and I've always trusted the math. I did find it rather odd that with 20 picks I was barely above 50%. Yeah, I do know that there can be goofy runs, and that the more times you do it the closer you'll get to the correct (predicted) outcome.

But that really is a poor example to use to demonstrate how people don't understand math, since everyone has seen that show and to change your pick is extremely counter-intuitive. A lot of math is not intuitive, I know.

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