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Comment by xg15

> The thing about one-in-a-million events is that they are eventually going to happen once the other 999,999 occur.

Nitpick: I get your point, but phrasing it like this is basically the gambler's fallacy. That's not how probability works.

You could ask though if, given the changed environment, the one-in-a-million event still has the odds of one-in-a-million. Or if one-in-a-million is really such a rare thing if you make a billion draws...

parent xg15 1 year ago

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