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People say there's an uncertainty of 10,000 years as though unlikely things don't happen. 1 in 10,000 is very possible! I don't know anyone who's won millions
by perl4ever 7y ago
People say there's an uncertainty of 10,000 years as though unlikely things don't happen. 1 in 10,000 is very possible!
I don't know anyone who's won millions in the lottery, but people win a few hundred all the time at the place where I buy my morning coffee.
- ncmncm 7y agoI win a dollar every single day I don't play, and you can too! There are not many almost-ready supernovas within easy shouting distance, so the overwhelmingly most likely event is to die of old age waiting. That is less dramatic than being incinerated, but we have an alternative means for that, too, also much more likely.
- perl4ever 7y agoI don't buy lottery tickets for myself, but I do participate in the office pool. When you think of it as insurance against being left out, it suddenly seems much more plausible than winning on your own, to a pessimist.