And while we're talking about Radio 4 you should also check out the series More Or Less. It's all about numbers, including features on surveys, probability and the dangers of spotting patterns in random things.
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And while we're talking about Radio 4 you should also check out the series More Or Less. It's all about numbers, including features on surveys, probability and the dangers of spotting patterns in random things.
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An old tutor of mine used to say that if you blew up random apartments in a block of flats, it would only take four explosions before the other residents would start second-guessing which one was going next. But he was a bit strange like that.
Posted by: Steve | December 05, 2006 at 01:46 PM
The Monty Hall problem is the one that really bakes my noodle.
http://www.open2.net/moreorless/montyhallproblem.html
Posted by: Jason Oke | December 05, 2006 at 04:27 PM
Congrats on being TED's guest blogger. I keep running into you everywhere. I wish I were as popular as you are... **sniff**
Posted by: Shannon | December 06, 2006 at 12:30 AM
Great tip off. Thanks Russell.
Posted by: Lee McEwan | December 06, 2006 at 04:00 AM