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I read about this problem in the book "The Drunkard's Walk." I rejected the answer viscerally until I coded up a simple simulation (in Python) and ran it 10 mil
by mariodiana 12y ago
I read about this problem in the book "The Drunkard's Walk." I rejected the answer viscerally until I coded up a simple simulation (in Python) and ran it 10 million times. And then it clicked. Human beings are really bad at intuiting probability.