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A point about probability

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08-22-2009 6:08 PM 		Reply to: Message 59 by Huntard
08-22-2009 6:05 PM

Re: Poker
Exactly, any combination of five cards is just as likely as any other. It's the significance that we assign to a particular combination that makes the occurrence so "special".
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I remember once trying to convince someone that choosing the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 in the lottery was as likely a combination of winning numbers as any other.
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Even I barely believed myself
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