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Re: Schrödinger's kittens enter the classical world - 11-24-2007, 09:09 PM

Hi Neutralino;

I may be wrong here but I thought the difference between quantum and classical physics was due to size of the sample.

In other words Las Vegas can build an empire on the predicability of large numbers.

Craps is an excellent example of the classic distribution.
------------Number------------------------
2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12

---------------Odds------------------------
1/36-2/36-3/36-4/36-5/36-6/36-5/36-4/36-3/36-2/36-1/36


Now we all know a person can roll 7 15x one after another. ( quantum physics ) but in the long run, after maybe 10,000 tosses your odds of tossing a 7 will approach 16.666666% ( classical physics ).

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