Wherein we discuss the early history of probability theory and how it was discovered by people who really enjoyed gambling. Random numbers are shown to have a typical outcome and a typical way of deviating from it. Fazio Cardano meets extraterrestrials, Daniel Bernoulli invents behavioral economics and Quetelet despairs over the marital behavior of the Belgians.

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The House Always Wins

  • Stefan Steinerberger

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Wherein we discuss the early history of probability theory and how it was discovered by people who really enjoyed gambling. Random numbers are shown to have a typical outcome and a typical way of deviating from it. Fazio Cardano meets extraterrestrials, Daniel Bernoulli invents behavioral economics and Quetelet despairs over the marital behavior of the Belgians.