@Servais@dormi.zone to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish • 7 months agoYou are compared with 99 other people chosen randomly. If you are better than everyone else in a specific domain, you win 1 million €/$. What do you choose?message-square84fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down15
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareYou are compared with 99 other people chosen randomly. If you are better than everyone else in a specific domain, you win 1 million €/$. What do you choose?@Servais@dormi.zone to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-square@AlolanYoda@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish12•7 months agoEven if they had an identical twin, what are the odds of their twin being in the pool of 99 other randomly chosen people?
minus-square@superduperpirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoHaha good point, i hadn’t considered the odds of 99 out of 8 billion including an identical twin
minus-square@lengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoA quick approximation with a desktop calculator says 0.000001%
Even if they had an identical twin, what are the odds of their twin being in the pool of 99 other randomly chosen people?
Haha good point, i hadn’t considered the odds of 99 out of 8 billion including an identical twin
A quick approximation with a desktop calculator says 0.000001%