Parrondo’s Paradox is a game theory demonstrating that if you play a game with a low probability of winning, you will lose, but if you alternate between two games, each with a probability of losing you can begin to generate wins. The resulting graph of the wins resembles a ratchet, and the process may actually behave like a ratchet — as if the losses create a kind of traction against which to make many small gains that generate a win. [1]