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For gambling it would would work if you do a "double or nothing" type of bet. Unfortunately, you'll be quickly rate limited by birth capacity, even if you some
by dmichulke 5y ago
For gambling it would would work if you do a "double or nothing" type of bet.
Unfortunately, you'll be quickly rate limited by birth capacity, even if you somehow manage to double the amount of children per birth.
Also, asymptotically, you'll still be around a 50% split.
- waterhouse 5y agoAssuming no selective-abortion shenanigans, every child you have is expected 50% male, 50% female (barring e.g. unusual men who only produce sperm of one gender—I think that exists but is extremely rare), so there's no possible strategy that leads to an uneven gender split, probability-wise. But I think there were selective-abortion shenanigans, and that the policy was effectively in response to them. If we assume each family wants, as its first objective, to maximize the number of sons, and, as its second objective, to maximize the number of daughters, then each selective-aborting family would have exactly one daughter followed by one son under such a policy.
- alisonkisk 5y agoParent was talking about having indentical multiples: 1 girl, 2 girls, 4 boys, stop.