Testing random

[Mark Lawrence]

On 12/06/2015 23:00, Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
> <PointedEars at web.de> wrote:
>> Ian Kelly wrote:
>>
>>> The probability of 123456789 and 111111111 are equal. The probability
>>> of a sequence containing all nine numbers and a sequence containing
>>> only 1s are *not* equal.
>>
>> There is a contradiction in that statement.  Can you find it?
>
> Yes. I phrased my statement as if I were addressing a rational
> individual, in clear contradiction of the current evidence.

Beautifully put, hence +1 QOTW.

>
> Seriously, if you reject even the statement I made above, in spite of
> all the arguments that have been advanced in this thread, in spite of
> the fact that this is very easy to demonstrate empirically, then I
> don't think there's any fertile ground for discussion here.
>

Congratulations Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn, you've been promoted to my 
dream team.

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Mark Lawrence