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Remember the principle of multiple endpoints. We only noticed this one example because it hit; we never notice all the cases that don't. If between 10^6 and 1
by T-hawk 9y ago
Remember the principle of multiple endpoints. We only noticed this one example because it hit; we never notice all the cases that don't.
If between 10^6 and 10^7 cameras have been tried out by taking pictures of space, then this one supernova incident is right at about the expected value.
- gmiller123456 9y agoThis would only be true if people pointed at random galaxies in the sky. There are only a few thousand galaxies in the NCG catalog that an amateur would even be able to see, and only a few dozen that an amateur would actually be interested in photographing.