On Oct 27, 2012 6:06 PM, "Eugen Leitl" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 06:01:22PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > > The existence of these two "Probabilities" also points to the real problem > > > in front of Udhay - which meaning of probability do you want to shine light > > > on for your child? > > > > I want to convey the mathematical notion of probability. There are > > many other ways to demonstrate the notion of fuzzily defined > > relationships between fuzzily defined terms. > > I wouldn't try to get too abstract on young kids.
I think this is "probably" the best thing to do right now. Tenth graders have a tough time dealing with probability. A 7 year old will stop hoping if she understands probability. Why does she have to grow up so soon? Or she might grow up treating probability as a pain if you try too hard explaining it. Cheers Venkat .....I still dislike probability. :-) > > I think the idea of a sack full of colored legos and > need for repeated draws in order to demonstrate > expectations, and that a large number of measurements > are needed for numbers to converge towards what is > expected. >
