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"That would only be true if I hadn't let you see your hits and misses as each deal proceeded. You made succeeding guesses in the knowledge of what had already been dealt. THAT WOULD ONLY BE TRUE IF I HADN'T LET YOU SEE YOUR HITS AND MISSES AS EACH DEAL PROCEEDED YOU MADE SUCCEEDING GUESSES IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DEALT
ur utmost to be right?" "Who would double-cross himself?" I said tightly. "Most people," Shari said. "When it comes to psi. But we'll assume, for a starter, that you are on the level." She stacked the cards in her hand. "We'll keep it simple," Shari suggested. "I'll deal the cards one at a time. All you have to do is tell me whether the next card will be red or black. Fair?" "Sure," I said. "Deal!" She was a lousy dealer. Or maybe it was because it was a one-handed operation. She was scoring my hits and misses with the little counter in her other hand. She ran the deck ten times for me. I got thirty-eight right on my best attempt and thirty-seven wrong on my worst. In total, of five hundred and twenty chances, I was right on two hundred and seventy-three, or fifty-two point two per cent of the time, according to Shari's slide rule. "Oh, no," I said dismally. "I _do_ have a little edge on the cards!" "As a statistician, you'll make a great biochemist," Shari said, putting the deck away. E MOST LIKELY TO SHOW UP WITH CARDS I TAKE IT YOU WILL DO YOUR UTMOST TO BE RIGHT WHO WOULD DOUBLE CROSS HIMSELF I SAID TIGHTLY MOST PEOPLE SHERRY SAID WHEN IT COMES TO SIGH BUT WILL ASSUME FOR A STARTER THAT YOU ARE ON THE LEVEL SHE STACKED THE CARDS IN HER HAND WE'LL KEEP IT SIMPLE SHERRY SUGGESTED I'LL DEAL THE CARDS ONE AT A TIME ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TELL ME WHETHER THE NEXT CARD WILL BE RED OR BLACK FAIR SURE I SAID DEAL SHE WAS A LOUSY DEALER OR MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A ONE HANDED OPERATION SHE WAS SCORING MY HITS AND MISSES WITH A LITTLE COUNTER IN HER OTHER HAND SHE RAN THE DECK TEN TIMES FOR ME I GOT THIRTY EIGHT RIGHT ON MY BEST ATTEMPT AND THIRTY SEVEN WRONG ON MY WORST IN TOTAL OF FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY CHANCES I WAS RIGHT ON TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE OR FIFTY TWO POINT TWO PER CENT OF THE TIME ACCORDING TO SHERRY'S SLIDE RULE OH NO I SAID DISMALLY I DO HAVE A LITTLE EDGE ON THE CARDS AS A STATISTICIAN YOU'LL MAKE A GREAT BIO CHEMIST SHERRY SAID PUTTING THE DECK AWAY
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