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"Effectively zero" times infinity is infinity. Infinity is like... really big.
by nwallin 3y ago
"Effectively zero" times infinity is infinity. Infinity is like... really big.
- JohnFen 3y agoOh, I wish I could find it, but there's an excellent video by a mathematician explaining why an infinity doesn't work in your favor here. IIRC, it's because as the number of throws approach infinity, the odds also approach being infinitesimal, and you'll still lose.
- traek 3y agoThis paradox is famously a case where the expected value of the game is infinite.