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  2. Buttered cat paradox - Wikipedia

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    In May 1992, the Usenet Oracle Digest #441 included a question from a supplicant asking about the paradox. [10] Testing the theory is the main theme in an episode of the comic book strip Jack B. Quick. The title character seeks to test this theory, leading to the cat hovering above the ground and the cat's wagging tail providing propulsion.

  3. Stochastic matrix - Wikipedia

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    If the cat is in the first box and the mouse is in the fifth, the probability that the cat will be in box two and the mouse will be in box four after the timer advances is one. The cat eats the mouse if both end up in the same box, at which time the game ends. Let the random variable K be the time the mouse stays in the game.

  4. The Drunkard's Walk - Wikipedia

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    The Drunkard's Walk discusses the role of randomness in everyday events, and the cognitive biases that lead people to misinterpret random events and stochastic processes. The title refers to a certain type of random walk, a mathematical process in which one or more variables change value under a series of random steps.

  5. Counterexamples in Probability - Wikipedia

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    Counterexamples in Probability is a mathematics book by Jordan M. Stoyanov. Intended to serve as a supplemental text for classes on probability theory and related topics, it covers cases where a mathematical proposition might seem to be true but actually turns out to be false.

  6. The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat - Wikipedia

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    The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat: And Other Science Mysteries Solved by Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiche stories by Colin Bruce which attempts to teach scientific concepts via Holmesian mysteries. [1] With Watson's assistance, Holmes solves cases involving elastic space-time and quantum theory. [2]

  7. Quantum suicide and immortality - Wikipedia

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    Quantum suicide is a thought experiment in quantum mechanics and the philosophy of physics.Purportedly, it can falsify any interpretation of quantum mechanics other than the Everett many-worlds interpretation by means of a variation of the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, from the cat's point of view.

  8. Computerized adaptive testing - Wikipedia

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    Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) is a form of computer-based test that adapts to the examinee's ability level. For this reason, it has also been called tailored testing . In other words, it is a form of computer-administered test in which the next item or set of items selected to be administered depends on the correctness of the test taker's ...

  9. A Treatise on Probability - Wikipedia

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    In Chapter 1 'The Meaning of Probability' Keynes notes that one needs to consider the probability of propositions, not events. [ notes 7 ] In Chapter 2 ' Probability in Relation to the Theory of knowledge' Keynes considers 'knowledge', 'rational belief' and 'argument' in relation to probability.