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Comment by CWuestefeld

the more tests you do, the sooner you'll see a fluke on average

In other words, if you toss a coin 1,000 times, then it's hideously unlikely that you'll see a run of 100 consecutive heads. But if you toss the coin 100,000,000 times, you shouldn't be too surprised to see that 100-toss run buried in there somewhere, even though the odds of getting 100 in a row are so small.

Right?

parent CWuestefeld 16 years ago

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