???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Medic Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > How do you actually know it's 'evens'? There > are > > only two possibilities, yes. However maybe > there > > are other forces at work that influence the > > outcome.My mother had a girl followed by 7 > boys. > > Her sister had 4 girls. Evens doesn't explain > it > > does it? > > It's probability, not explanation. all things > being equal, the chance of a baby being born a > girl is near enough 50:50, are you infact my Uncle > AM, your grasp of probability is similar? Some days it rains. Other days it doesn't. Does that mean that the probability of it raining on any given day is 50:50?