Quote Originally Posted by Klepto View Post
Actually, if you flip a coin six times, then do that 63 more times, one set of six flips is likely to be a straight set of the same side of the coin.

So there's a 1/64 (or 0.5^6) chance that your exact outcome will happen. Not so rare after all, is it?
well we are getting into mathematics here, and it is over 50 years since I was at school, but as I remember a normalised curve for a50% probability, you would need more flips of the coin to guarantee 6 consecutive heads (or tails). It is true that many confuse probability with possibility, but we are talking about 6 consecutive similar results out of a possibility of 6. 6! is about 720 so we are talking about a probability of 1 in 5000. not good odds. Anyway, no point labouring the argument. just let me say that all my staffs are now upgraded lol