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I think that any reporter writing about this sort of a story should be required to read up on the Birthday Paradox first. ...of course, if wild coincidences is
by jballanc 17y ago
I think that any reporter writing about this sort of a story should be required to read up on the Birthday Paradox first.
...of course, if wild coincidences is more your thing, RadioLab just did a show last week on them and why they aren't as unexpected as you might think.
- sivers 17y agoTwo links that explain: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.birthdayprob.html http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.birthdayprob.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_paradox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_paradox