Random thoughts while drinking

Salvelinus · 04-15-2011, 08:35 PM

We are wired to detect patterns which is what you are doing. If you played your songs hundreds of thousands of times the plays would eventually even out. Just because you flip a coin ten times and it comes up heads 8 of them doesn't mean it isn't a 50/50 chance. Similarly just because you've heard a song a few more times than you think you should doesn't mean it isn't random. If your sample of songs is small, which 5 cd's is, you will probably regularly hear songs back to back.

04-15-2011, 08:35 PM	#1
Salvelinus Have My Own Room Join Date: Dec 2009 First Name: Brendan Location: Vermont Posts: 1,116 Trading: (12)	Re: Random thoughts while drinking We are wired to detect patterns which is what you are doing. If you played your songs hundreds of thousands of times the plays would eventually even out. Just because you flip a coin ten times and it comes up heads 8 of them doesn't mean it isn't a 50/50 chance. Similarly just because you've heard a song a few more times than you think you should doesn't mean it isn't random. If your sample of songs is small, which 5 cd's is, you will probably regularly hear songs back to back.