tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post4010496559180775132..comments2024-03-12T02:19:51.554-07:00Comments on Without Geometry, Life is Pointless: A coin flipping game...Avery Pickfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10433339146333801163noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post-77736678232878789142010-06-25T15:09:08.773-07:002010-06-25T15:09:08.773-07:00Thanks! I've read lots of Gardner, but not th...Thanks! I've read lots of Gardner, but not that one and did not know this was called "Penney's game." And Jason, I've read Out of the Labyrinth, but not "Chances Are."Avery Pickfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10433339146333801163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post-50358003386844458532010-06-25T11:41:31.456-07:002010-06-25T11:41:31.456-07:00Knowing that this is called "Penney's gam...Knowing that this is called "Penney's game" will enable anyone who wants to to spoiler themselves :-) It's apparently discussed in Martin Gardner's "Time travel and other mathematical bewilderments" too.Perdita Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02883489064497960963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post-36457460876653120832010-06-24T09:25:14.641-07:002010-06-24T09:25:14.641-07:00This was in the Chances Are book by the Kaplan'...This was in the Chances Are book by the Kaplan's I think right? I'm jealous you're at the math circle. Keep blogging it so I can live vicariously through you.Jason Buellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029995715142652159noreply@blogger.com