[Husker] And now Mizzou!

[jonlists at cbsol.com]

husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 11/03/2006 09:15:08 AM:

> 
> 
> On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, jonlists at cbsol.com wrote:
> 
> > I hate to say it, but the fact that they haven't won in Lincoln 
> > since 1978 only increases the likelihood that they might this 
> > weekend...... it's in the odds, isn't it? I hope not.
> 
> Let's see if I remember how probability works...
> 
> You have a fair coin.
> 
> You toss it 15 times and get heads every time.
> 
> What are the odds of a tail on the next toss?
> 
> 50:50
> 
> Ted
> 
> -- 
> Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA
> 

That is how statistics works, yes, but that is not how the world works. 
Life, that is. 

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com