Servais@dormi.zone to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 6 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 €/$. What do you choose?message-squaremessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down15
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareYou are compared with 99 other people chosen randomly. If you are better than everyone else in a specific domain, you win 1 million €/$. What do you choose?Servais@dormi.zone to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareAlolanYoda@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 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-squaresuperduperpirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoHaha good point, i hadn’t considered the odds of 99 out of 8 billion including an identical twin
minus-squarelengaulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 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%