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MEEMAW (entering, coffee in hand) I’m going to the casino boat in Shreveport. Need a lucky charm.

SHELDON Gambling exploits the human inability to comprehend probabilistic independence. I won’t be complicit.

MARY You tried to predict roulette with a TI-83.

MEEMAW I’m listening. Sheldon pitches his idea: using a modified Lorenz system (chaos theory) to predict roulette ball drops based on initial wheel velocity and air resistance. Meemaw, amused, agrees to test it—provided Sheldon comes along.