RE: Red Bead "simulator"

[Myron Tribus <mtribus@earthlink.net>]

Let me echo Jonathan's remarks about the primary purpose of the red 
beads experiment
being sociological.  I speak from personal experience.  When I first 
saw the red bead
experiment I had just published my own book on statistical inference 
("Rational Descriptions,
Decisions and Designs, Pergamon 1969).  At first I thought it 
unnecessary and then
I began to be conscious of my own reactions to it.  I found myself, 
at a subconscious
level, momentarily thinking deterministically, trying to guess the 
next color based
on the previous history of colors all the while knowing better.
The purpose , as Jonathon said, is to help people change paradigms.

Myron Tribus