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->\\\'\\\'\\\"In creating plots with improbable odds, we imitate the same antropic principle that made possible the extremely unlikely possibility where both reader, writer and plot actually exist and interact. The other possibilities simply don\\\'t matter.\\\"\\\'\\\'
-->--\\\'\\\'\\\'This Troper\\\'\\\'\\\'
The quote, in addition to being overwritten in a confusing way, is quoting himself without context. If the troper has something to add he should add it, and quotes should just be actual quotes.
->\\\'\\\'\\\"In creating plots with improbable odds, we imitate the same antropic principle that made possible the extremely unlikely possibility where both reader, writer and plot actually exist and interact. The other possibilities simply don\\\'t matter.\\\"\\\'\\\'
-->--\\\'\\\'\\\'This Troper\\\'\\\'\\\'
The quote, in addition to being overwritten in a confusing way, is quoting himself without context. If the troper has something to add he should add it, and quotes should just be actual quotes.
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**This is a textbook example of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy Gambler\'s fallacy]]. If this were possible - in other words, if in the long run the chance of the same number coming up twice were higher than random chance - anybody could have gained an edge over the house by simply betting the number that had come up in the last spin. (Any bias could be exploited. In fact, some gamblers have been able to win big money by observing the bias of an individual wheel - nowadays, by analyzing it with a computer, too - and betting accordingly.) In fact, such apparent patterns are something that can be expected in the long run. Just try writing down a random sequence of a hundred zeroes and ones (\
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**This is a textbook example of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy Gambler\\\'s fallacy]]. If this were possible - in other words, if in the long run the chance of the same number coming up twice were higher than random chance - anybody could have gained an edge over the house by simply betting the number that had come up in the last spin. (Any bias could be exploited. In fact, some gamblers have been able to win big money by observing the bias of an individual wheel - nowadays, by analyzing it with a computer, too - and betting accordingly.) In fact, such apparent patterns are something that can be expected in the long run. Just try writing down a random sequence of a hundred zeroes and ones (\\\"heads/tails\\\"), and compare it with an actual one generated by a computer - chance is that yours will be biased towards the next number being different from the previous one in order to make it visually seem more \\\"random\\\".
* Also she utilised her scream-superpower
**I am sorry I had to remove this, but it\\\'s natter and irrelevant to this trope.
* Also she utilised her scream-superpower
**I am sorry I had to remove this, but it\\\'s natter and irrelevant to this trope.
