After 37 heads in a row, your odds for the next coin flip is exactly 50/50.
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Yeah but when was the last time there were 37 heads in a row [
]? Not sure what that proves tbh.
Anyway, does this freak anyone else out or just me (I know, I know, “just you”. But hear me out (and no, I’m not on acid)):
You know how to win a tournament with 64 teams you have to win 6 games (like the NCAA basketball tournament), so I assume that the odds of winning 6 games in a row is 1/64 for all teams?
But regardless, suppose there were 100 trillion trillion teams in a tournament such that to win it you had to win a million games (or however the math works, say 100 trillion trillion trillion teams or whatever). Then the odds of winning a million games in a row would be 1/100 trillion trillion (or whatever), or 1/100 trillion trillion trillion (or whatever). But my point is that regardless of the odds, one team would have to win a million games in a row and this is necessarily the case: one team would necessarily win a million games in a row.
Or, again, suppose every grain of sand on a beach (I swear I’m not on acid. Just on the GO Bus and forgot my stupid headphones) decided to have a coin-flipping tournament. One “grain of sand” would have to guess right a million times in a row, and, again, necessarily (because you have to guess right to advance to the next round).
Anyway, maybe it’s a flashback but this kinda freaks me out. Actually I think it’s kinda cool. Odds can be whatever they are but someone has to win a million times in a row (or whatever). Necessarily.