Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

If we allowed schools to also operate as casinos, students would remember probability better. There would be a whole host of other side effects, sure, but maybe a well-educated populace is worth it.



There's an episode of The Wire, in which Presbo finds kids in his class betting on dice; so he collects the dice from all the board-games in the school store, and starts running classes on probability. The kids are totally engaged, and they start winning money from street-corner dice games.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: