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The procedure was repeated ten times. The result were:
1, 1, 4, 0, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3
On the average 16 black spots or 1.6 per throw. I rounded
this to 2 and removed 2 pencils.
I'm slightly confused at this point. I don't see
the purpose of the repetition and averaging -- it
seems to be extra work, and the work is worse than
wasted, because it detracts from the otherwise-excellent
simplicity and immediacy of the demonstration.
Why not just toss the pencils and immediately snatch
away all those that land black-spot-up?
I disagree! The indivisibility of pencils accuratly
models the indivisibility of atoms -- so why fight it?
Averaging detracts from the accuracy and from the
realism.