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Subject:	Re: Chaotic Systems... (was: Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 25 Jan 2001 17:10:14 GMT
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For “sequential” read “consecutive” > > I know that 1-6 is just as likely to be selected as any other ‘random’ > combination. However, I can’t help thinking that any selection is more > likely to a non-sequential combination. Further, if a sequential combination > were to be selected - it would be slightly less likely to be that one than > almost any other. > > Scott A

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		Re: Chaotic Systems... (was: Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism)
(...) Well, definitely such a sequence is much less likely than a more "random looking" sequence. If you 6 numbers are the digits 1-9, there are only 4 such sequences compared to a total of 9!/3! sequences (if each digit can only occur once, 9^6 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Chaotic Systems... (was: Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism)
(...) Almost all the draws in the UK are live. There are “independent adjudicators” present to confirm that there is no shenanigans underway – what these people’s skills are I do not know. I doubt that you could discount a draw due to the selection (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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