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To quote Feynman: "I just saw a car with the license plate <some random string with no meanimng>. The probability of that happening is far lower than being hit
by IAmEveryone 6y ago
To quote Feynman: "I just saw a car with the license plate <some random string with no meanimng>. The probability of that happening is far lower than being hit by lightning!
As to the laboratory being close: it wasn't accidentally located in Wuhan. The city is the regional centre for a region that only recently expanded into somewhat pristine nature. With ongoing and constant encroachment of natural habitats, there is far more contact between wild species and humans than there is in Europe/North America, or even other Chinese regions.
- polynomial 6y agoSource for your rate of contact claim?
- zaroth 6y agoFeynman is making a joke which people who understand priors would get, but you’re using the punchline as if it means something. If Feynman had guessed the plate number before seeing it (say, written a research paper identify the exact number ahead of time) then something miraculous indeed just occurred.
- Izkata 6y agoFun example time! Sylvia Browne's book End of Days predicts a pneumonia-like illness that spreads around the globe in 2020. Published in 2008. Additional details do not yet match what's happening, though.