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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Randomness

Finally, I know the legend behind how Pascal was the first to formally derive a methodology to determine the probability that a gambler will win a game that counted the number of tosses it took before 2 sixes show up on a pair of dice. Turns out, gambling gave birth to the theory of probability we study today. Something tells me I'll learn the concepts better in Vegas (on someone else's money, of course) than I will in a classroom. The MIT Blackjack team made millions in the 1990s by conquering the casinos in Vegas. Anyone with some moolah seeking statistics students to beat the dealers in Macau?

So much for non-determinism and uncertainty. I hope there would be some certainty in my graduating from school.

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