Computer scientists in California have built a mathematical theory of surprise, working from first principles of probability theory applied to a digital environment, according to this news release ...

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Let’s say you decide to toss a coin 10 times. The coin is evenly balanced, and for the first five flips you happen to get heads. So what’s the likelihood that the next toss will come up tails instead?