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> if we recalculate the odds in terms of a particular in-group, and tell you that, of the 25 people you know and care about, there's a 33 percent chance that on
by Supermancho 6y ago
> if we recalculate the odds in terms of a particular in-group, and tell you that, of the 25 people you know and care about, there's a 33 percent chance that one of them will die, that seems like a large risk, and one you would work hard to avoid.
Isn't that 25% chance that someone will die of the personal cohort?
- nevinera 6y agoNot exactly, but yes my math is wrong - it should be 22% that some member of the cohort dies. (`1.0 - (1.0 - X)^N`). I'll update the post.