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From a friend: Just wondered if anyone had any comments on it....
"my comment from two days ago was about: the positivist movement of scientists are very critical towards use of fraction logic in our attempt to understand the world... because the use of fraction logic assumes expectations that any data can be manipulated with fractions, and scientists are concerned with the subjective relativism of science or psychologism of science, i.e. science based on our mental representations of data/events rather than on the objective reality... So they urge the scientists to think of the meaning of statements when fraction logic is applied, e.g. if the room temperature yesterday was 17C and today is 34C to say that today is twice as hot as yesterday is meaningless... Buddhism is saying the same more categorically - transendetal knowledge is impossible and just being aware of our subjectivism is all we can do..."
Thanks Bob, as I explained, it is the same as having a bag with 14 balls in it.
If you say "I predict ball 7 will be chosen" the chances are 1/14... if I say I think ball 7 OR ball 1 will be chosen, then the chances are 2/14 or 1/7
Exactly the same principal is at work in the lottery... My friends couldn't believe that the odds changed so dramatically by simply having 2 tickets instead of 1.
No matter how many times I tried to explain, they just DIDN'T GET IT...... And they still think I'm wrong...
I mean DOUBLE your chance of winning... ie Halving the odds
If you buy one lottery ticket in the UK your chances of winning are 1/14 Million, if you by TWO tickets the odds become 2/14 Million.. which is the same as 1/7million...
Therefore if you buy 2 tickets instead of one, you HALVE your chances of winning.
Who agrees? (this is an ongoing debate between friends)
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