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Igo, Rob |
Jul 05, 2006
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I read and enjoyed your article "Detecting design: specification versus likelihood." You have done an admirable job explaining probability and hypothesis testing. I have one small nit to pick: Early on you say,"The
chances of getting a Royal Flush if the cards are dealt randomly are about 2.5 million to 1." I'm guessing you know that this is the probability of drawing a royal flush *in a particular suit,* specified beforehand (or any
combination of five cards, for that matter).
Cheers,
Rob
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Frank, Mark |
Jul 06, 2006
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Rob
You are absolutely correct. I should have worked out the probability myself instead of misreading a list of Poker probabilities. It makes no difference to the argument of the paper but I will see if I can get a correction on to talk.reason.
Thanks for pointing this out.
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