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What is confirmation bias?
What is confirmation bias?
According to the passage, why do gamblers and bookmakers make more profit when they understand probability?
According to the passage, why do gamblers and bookmakers make more profit when they understand probability?
What is one way in which gambling differs from religious and political predictions?
What is one way in which gambling differs from religious and political predictions?
What led to the emergence of the first genuine mathematics of probability theory?
What led to the emergence of the first genuine mathematics of probability theory?
Why did most Roman dice lack the symmetry of a genuine cube?
Why did most Roman dice lack the symmetry of a genuine cube?
What configuration of numbers on dice replaced the 'primes' arrangement around 1600?
What configuration of numbers on dice replaced the 'primes' arrangement around 1600?
What is the term used to describe the arrangement in which opposite faces of dice always add up to 7?
What is the term used to describe the arrangement in which opposite faces of dice always add up to 7?
What led some pioneering mathematicians to the creation of probability theory?
What led some pioneering mathematicians to the creation of probability theory?
By 1450, what had most dice become in terms of their shape?
By 1450, what had most dice become in terms of their shape?
Why did dice configurations change from 'primes' to 'sevens' around 1600?
Why did dice configurations change from 'primes' to 'sevens' around 1600?
