1- J.B. Rhines book New Frontiers of the Mind reported results from his ESP experiments. The New York Times science editor was enthusiastic. He noted that some people dismiss Rhines results by arguing that, just like in gambling, people can have a run of luck. The writer rejected this suggestion: "the run-of-luck theory has also been invoked with some disregard of the obvious fact that runs of bad luck will cause runs of good luck in the course of 100,000 trials" Do you agree that a run of bad luck will cause a run of good luck? Explain.

2. The Romeros are planning their family and want an equal number of boys and girls. Mrs. Romero says that their chances are best if they plan to have two children. Mr. Romero says that they can have a better chance of having an equal number of boys and girls if they plan to have 10 children. Assuming that the boy and girl babies are equally likely and independent of previous births, which probability do you think is higher? Explain.

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1 This type of reasoning is completely false when you gamble each game is independent of the previous games Your outcome on previous games has absolut... View the full answer