Ep: 89 ”Quantum Information” Chiara Marletto‘s ”The Science of Can & Can‘t” Ch 4 readings and discussion
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Chiara's Ball and Cups Game
There are little fictional stories which are absolutely worth getting. They're parables of a kind they have a lesson and the book is worth getting if only for those. So after skipping these first few pages I'm going to pick it up where Chiara begins to describe this ball and cups game that many people will be familiar with. The person playing the game who does not know which cup the ball is under has a 50 50 chance of guessing which cup theball is under. And this leads to this curious distinction between people who subjectively experience unpredictability and people who subjective experience certainty.
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