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And also, 1 in 13 billion might even be right, but when something happens billions of times a day (i.e. a virus replicating), a statistical unlikelihood becomes
by nameless912 5y ago
And also, 1 in 13 billion might even be right, but when something happens billions of times a day (i.e. a virus replicating), a statistical unlikelihood becomes a certainty. This is such bad analysis of statistics.
- Maursault 5y agoStatistics are funny. The odds of being hit by a piece of space junk has been calculated to 1 in 21 trillion. And yet [1]. The more adamant someone is about lab origins of SARS-Cov-2, in absence of all evidence, while at the same time calling it "sort of ridiculous" to believe that virus passed naturally from animals from humans (like every other virus ever), the less credibility they have and which is not in the remotest sense increased by being featured in the New York Post. [1] https://www.wired.com/2009/01/jan-22-1997-heads-up-lottie-its-space-junk/ https://www.wired.com/2009/01/jan-22-1997-heads-up-lottie-it...