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Like separate rolls of a single dice, I thought the occurrence of one event has no affect on the probability of another?
by TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
Like separate rolls of a single dice, I thought the occurrence of one event has no affect on the probability of another?
- _yb2s 4y agoIndeed, but I think you might be misunderstanding what I said. Think of the universe as a nearly infinite number of dice rolls all independent and in parallel. Any possible rare combination of dice rolls will actually be happening constantly.
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- shawnz 4y agoThe person you are replying to isn't saying anything about the probability of individual events. They are talking about the probability of at least one of many events occurring, which does change with the number of events being considered
- kelnos 4y agoRight, but while it may only be a 1/6 chance that a single die roll will give you a six, rolling more and more dice eventually makes it a near-certainty that at least one will give you a six.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoWhat are the odds of you winning the lottery? Now think of how many people win the lottery every year.