Author: Chrilly Donninger
Date: 23:52:42 12/14/05
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On December 15, 2005 at 02:45:05, Ed Murak wrote: >On December 15, 2005 at 02:35:39, Chrilly Donninger wrote: > > >A thoughtful message re the effect of tree shape. I agree with everything >except what is below. > > > >>For non statisticans: If one picks from a bag with 1000 numbers randomly >>1 number and the next time 10 numbers, the chances are very high, that the >>maximum of the 10 numbers is greater than the number picked first. > > > >This statement is not correct. > >You did not specify if the 1000 numbers in the bag were all distinct. Or how >many distinct ones there were. > >Say all 1000 numbers were "42". Then the chances that the maximum of the 10 >numbers is greater than the number picked first are not "high" as you say, but >actually zero, the smallest probability possible. > >So it depends upon initial conditions. > > > One big difference between computers and humans is: One has to specifiy a computer everything to the last detail. Humans are in general able to grasp from the overall context the meaning of sentences. But there is obviously nowadays a significant influence of computers on human thinking. Chrilly
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