Chance and Order

Abstract

The reader is probably acquainted with the guess-the-noun game, where

someone thinks of a noun, say an animal, and the reader has to guess

which animal their interlocutor thought of by asking him/her closed

questions, which can be answered either “Yes” or “No”. A possible

game sequence could be:

– Is it a mammal?

– Yes.

– Is it a herbivore?

– No.

– Is it a feline?

– Yes.

– Is it the lion?

– No.

And so on and so forth.