Re: [Phys-L] From a Math Prof (physics BS major) at my institution ( math challenge)

[Jeffrey Schnick <JSchnick@Anselm.Edu>]

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> From: Phys-l [mailto:phys-l-bounces@phys-l.org] On Behalf Of John Denker
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Phys-L] From a Math Prof (physics BS major) at my institution (
> math challenge)
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> So far the only general law of human behavior we've seen asserts that
> people "religiously avoid" consecutive numbers when cooking up numbers ...

I wouldn't call it a law but I was operating on the hypothesis that in trying to cook up a random distribution of numbers people tend to shy away from nice round numbers like 10, 20, and 30.
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