"Jerry Bryan" <BRYAN@wvnvm.wvnet.edu> writes:
>Finally, here is my question. On the 4x4x4, I get "bad parity" darn
>near every time. Why isn't it 50-50 like the situation I have with
>flips on the 3x3x3?

My suspicion is that "bad" or "good" parity is determined by what your
formulae are composed of. An even number of center-plane moves will
preserve parity, and the opposite is true for odd center-plane moves.

If there really is a reason you're getting bad parity moves, that could
determine it.

However, I ran into a straight of 5 "good parity" situations recently,
and didn't really notice it until later, so perhaps it's a psychological
phenomenon as well (we gloss over good happenings, and dwell on tragedies.)

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