[EM] Probability Info

Martin Harper mcnh2 at cam.ac.uk
Sat Feb 24 18:43:13 PST 2001


DEMOREP1 at aol.com wrote:

> There obviously is an elementary difference between making wilful choices and 
> having random events happen (especially those with unpredictable 
> possibilities -- Mother Earth stops rotating, the Titantic hitting an iceberg 
> on a moonless night, etc.).

Yes, but the wilful choices of *other people* are essentially random to 
me. Example: I ask a friend to think of a number between 1 and 10. He 
makes a wilful choice, but to me the choice can be used as a random 
number. (albeit weighted towards '3' and '7').



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