Re:The gambler's fallacy is not a fallacy?
by arcticbull on Saturday April 09, 2022 @11:29PM
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> ...so why does betting on a Heads not make sense when you've been seeing too many Tails?
It doesn't make sense because the events are independent. It's not a better or worse bet to pick one or the other. It doesn't make sense to think one is more than 50% likely because of a series of other independent events when you know the odds a priori.
It doesn't make sense because the events are independent. It's not a better or worse bet to pick one or the other. It doesn't make sense to think one is more than 50% likely because of a series of other independent events when you know the odds a priori.