Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 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-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 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-up1·5 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