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Letter: Letters : . . . . .

Published 28 February 1998

From Simon Barnes

simonb@se-ltd.demon.co.uk

Given that Ian Stewart, Lafferty and myself have each calculated a different
probability of a perfect deal (I reckon 3.38 billion to 1), what is the
probability of someone calculating the probability of any event correctly?

Issue no. 2123 published 28 February 1998

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