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Not doubting the monthly stat, but I don't think it makes sense to use the coin flip analogy from a pure mathematics point of view. Coin flips are independent
by gwright 7y ago
Not doubting the monthly stat, but I don't think it makes sense to use the coin flip analogy from a pure mathematics point of view.
Coin flips are independent events. Daily temperatures are not.
- tzs 7y agoI was going to say something like, "Or, if <X> is right about climate change, it's like 415 consecutive coin flips that are all heads", where <X> was one of the politicians or parties that claims the climate isn't warming, but thought that might get too political, so decided to leave that part of it implicit.