The Certainty Of Chance
Probabilities...possibilities? Why do so many people do the lottery? Because someone "has" to win it. It's just not very likely it will be you. However anything that has a possibility of happening will in theory happen eventually. I am sure we have all heard the example oft quoted that give let an infinite number of monkeys type away randomly on a keyboard infinitely and one of them will eventually come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. I can't even begin to calculate the possibility of how long this would take but it seems highly unlikely to me - astronomical odds in fact. Alas, poor Yarik..."no you stupid monkey you've spelt it wrong - start again" Going back to the lottery, by comparison it's a much more achievable aim - the actual odds of scooping the jackpot are around 13 million to one. Let's say you have a quid in each of Wednesday's and Saturday's draws. By my calculations if you live another 125,000 years ap...