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Re: ONEBGG post# 803

Tuesday, 08/30/2005 3:04:27 PM

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 3:04:27 PM

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A patient asked his surgeon what the odds were of him surviving an impending operation. The doctor replied they were 50/50 but he'd be all right because the first fifty had already died!!
*There are a lot of variations of this theme floating around. It reminds me of the coin flipping experiment where a gambler is certain that a tail must appear after ten straight heads. Anyway, thanks to Peter Davies from Oxon in the UK for sending me this little tidbit.


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