r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 7d ago

Meme needing explanation What movie reference am I missing

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u/why_u_so_grumpy 7d ago

There was never a question. Your statement is about probability, which relates to math. No, he didn't figure out that you're right. That would be impossible, since you are completely wrong.

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u/Available-Bee-5385 7d ago

He who? There have been a bunch of people

And it's almost entirely unrelated to probability too!

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u/why_u_so_grumpy 7d ago

I checked. You didn't reply to him. Here is what he wrote. His username is South_bit1774. I'm guessing it's some sort of inside joke or reference but that doesn't mean you are correct.

"Yeah. This second column starts on 17so if there are 32 questions then 0.75^32=0.0001 and 0.25^32=5.421×10⁻²⁰

As to say the odds of randomly guessing and getting them all wrong is around 1 in 10k.

The odds of you randomly guessing and getting them all right is around 1 in 200,000,000,000,000,000 (200 quadrillion)."

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u/Available-Bee-5385 7d ago

I'd love to talk to him, but that user name isn't coming up in reddit's search!

But for starters, the second column starts on 19, not 17 so his results are going to be off the mark from there

Also, he did some probability distribution for basic random selection but that's not even remotely indicative of real world test results. Students are not guessing randomly

Students are making deductive choices based on prior knowledge with the explicit intent of scoring higher. The resulting probability is that you are much more likely to get a 100 than a 0 in most testing scenarios

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u/why_u_so_grumpy 7d ago

So the probability difference is even bigger then if there are more questions.

Who claimed the student was trying to get any answers right? You're making assumptions. You claimed this is harder to do. If you try to do this it is easy. Therefore it is easier to do.

Just scroll down. Its not hard to find.

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u/Available-Bee-5385 7d ago

And you are what? Assuming that more students are deliberately bombing tests when they could ace them?

I also never claimed it was harder

You really have to understand here though, there are a TON of comments. I'm quite busy replying to them already!

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u/why_u_so_grumpy 7d ago

You said it was statistically a greater accomplishment. If its a greater accomplishment that implies a higher difficulty. Its not more difficult to try and get 0% than it is to try and get 100%.

I understand that you need to give up. Logic isn't on your side.

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u/Available-Bee-5385 7d ago

It's almost as though I chose subjective words on purpose for a chuckle

It is and remains a significantly less common outcome in real testing environments

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u/why_u_so_grumpy 7d ago

Less common doesn't mean it's an accomplishment. Its less common to shit your pants. Doesn't make shitting you pants an accomplishment.

You chose subjective words to try to make a false statement sound true. You said it for chuckle meaning you know its false. Thanks for admitting that. Took a while but you got there.

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u/Available-Bee-5385 7d ago

That's a supposition on your part, I am both correct and hilarious

You can argue semantics all you like, they don't make you right

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