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Quotes from The Scientific Aspect of Monte Carlo Roulette — Karl Pearson

1857–1936 England

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The absence of the improbable, the redundancy of the probable, is just as much conclusive evidence against conformity with scientific law as the too frequent occurrence of the improbable itself.

The Scientific Aspect of Monte Carlo Roulette (1894)

That it does not pay to gamble has been the oft repeated theme of the moralist, and has been demonstrated with much brave show of symbols by mathematicians from Lagrange to De Morgan and onwards.

The Scientific Aspect of Monte Carlo Roulette (1894)

In my enthusiasm Monte Carlo appeared to me in a new light; it was clearly a scientific laboratory preparing material for the natural philosopher.

The Scientific Aspect of Monte Carlo Roulette (1894)

I felt somewhat taken aback. ...to have hit upon a month of roulette ...so improbable ...that it would only occur on the average once in 167,000 years of continuous roulette playing.

The Scientific Aspect of Monte Carlo Roulette (1894)

Monte Carlo roulette, if judged by returns which are published... is, if the laws of chance rule, from the standpoint of exact science the most prodigious miracle of the nineteenth century.

The Scientific Aspect of Monte Carlo Roulette (1894)

No statements of mere averages... are of the least avail against our statistics. Fluctuations from the averages are the sole reliable test...

The Scientific Aspect of Monte Carlo Roulette (1894)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Karl Pearson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.