Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHumans are obsessed with low probablility. From the rare picture to the rare poker hand to the sports hero, we love low odds.message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down13
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareHumans are obsessed with low probablility. From the rare picture to the rare poker hand to the sports hero, we love low odds.Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days ago“But will it work?” “It has to, sir. It’s a million-to-one chance.” “Oh, then we don’t have to worry. Everyone knows million-to-one chances always work.”
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoBut the trick is that they have to be EXACTLY million-to-one. GNY Sir Terry Pratchett
“But will it work?”
“It has to, sir. It’s a million-to-one chance.”
“Oh, then we don’t have to worry. Everyone knows million-to-one chances always work.”
But the trick is that they have to be EXACTLY million-to-one.
GNY Sir Terry Pratchett