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4) People love to find patterns where none exist
by lovecg 7y ago
4) People love to find patterns where none exist
- anon_z88 7y agoThis is a fallacy all humans experience, however, what is the probability specifically that all these problems are unrelated? At what probability is it mathematically impossible that these problems are unrelated? AFAF
- NateEag 7y agoThe answer to your last question is 0. "Impossible" means "impossible", not "unbelievably improbable". That's even more true when you ask about "mathematically impossible", as it reinforces the idea of formal logic being the relevant domain, where precise meaning of words is fundamental. If you adjust your question to be "at what probability is it unreasonable to claim these problems are unrelated?", then the answer is subjective - different people have different standards for reasonability. I think we'd need mountains more data than we have about the incidents to compute a meaningful probability, anyway.
- lucasverra 7y agois that a patern ?
- samstave 7y ago5) patterns exist and people who have been online for decades can see them. (Your HN account is 4 months old. Mine is ten years old)