Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Toss and Roll

I tossed the coin 50 times. They say ( Probability and all ) ideally I should get 25 heads and 25 tails.In reality, I may get 50 heads and no tails.
If i were a monkey I could probably toss up my tail. There is a 100% probability that it would still remain a tail no matter how many times I toss it. Well it wouldn't be a probability anymore, a certainty rather. A certain Australian would know better. Atleast a coupla thousand Mumbai cricket fans and a certain spinner paaji think so.
ok .. so the point is .... if I am trying to figure out something and if the answer to my question is binary, should I toss a coin? We use a coin when there is absolutely no way to resolve an issue. Well I don't have an issue , just a question . umm... I don't think I want to toss a coin. I did rather have someone roll the coin. But I am not watching . My eyes are shut !

2 comments:

Priyadarshini said...

When I am up against binary decisions, I chose one finger to be (a) and second finger to be (b). Then I go to someone and close my eyes. Then I ask the fellow human being to pull one of the fingers. Whatever the reply, I stick with that.
I works, better than the coin.

Aneeket said...

Ya... I like it ... close ur eyes and let someone pick the finger .