The Monte Carlo simulation estimates the probability of different outcomes in a process that cannot easily be predicted because of the potential for random variables.

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Co-workers do some armchair theorizing on statistics. By John Hodgman Joseph writes: A co-worker told me that there is a 50-50 chance we are living in a computer simulation. I agree, because ...