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Also because humans are biased towards viewing prime numbers as more counterintuitive and thus more unpredictable.
by HappMacDonald 2y ago
Also because humans are biased towards viewing prime numbers as more counterintuitive and thus more unpredictable.
- wruza 2y agoLast time I hallway tested it, people couldn’t tell what prime numbers are, and to my surprise even the ones with tech/math-y background forgot it. My results were something 1.5/10 (ages 30+-5) and I didn’t go to cabinets where I knew there are zero chances.
- HappMacDonald 2y agoBut there's a difference between "knowing what the formal definition is" and "having a feeling that a number is somehow unique due to it's indivisibility".