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There were a lot of "guess the number of X in a jar" type contests when I was in primary school. I think I won nearly every single one, because I was (one of?)
by cdr 19y ago
There were a lot of "guess the number of X in a jar" type contests when I was in primary school. I think I won nearly every single one, because I was (one of?) the the only one(s) estimating mathematically. It always seemed pretty obvious to me.
Even with a baseball in the middle (assuming you know there's a baseball in the middle), it's not impossible to estimate, and your guess is still going to be better than someone who didn't try.
- dkokelley 19y agoThat's the thing. You're not supposed to know if there's a baseball in there. I guess going at it from a mathematical point of view (regardless of tricks) will give you an advantage over a kid guessing something like "a million" or almost any other random number.