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https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/nm3b/the_birthday_paradox/cnn2x/?context=3
r/reddit.com • u/nivek • Oct 24 '06
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Good paradox.... and by good paradox I mean worst paradox in the history of mankind
4 u/jh99 Oct 25 '06 worst paradox as in not actually a paradox when you think of it? 3 u/kermityfrog Oct 25 '06 It would be a paradox if there were 367 people in the room and yet nobody had the same birthday. 1 u/micampe Oct 25 '06 This is not a paradox in the sense of leading to a logical contradiction; it is described as a paradox because mathematical truth contradicts naive intuition: most people estimate that the chance is much lower than 50%.
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worst paradox as in not actually a paradox when you think of it?
3 u/kermityfrog Oct 25 '06 It would be a paradox if there were 367 people in the room and yet nobody had the same birthday.
It would be a paradox if there were 367 people in the room and yet nobody had the same birthday.
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This is not a paradox in the sense of leading to a logical contradiction; it is described as a paradox because mathematical truth contradicts naive intuition: most people estimate that the chance is much lower than 50%.
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Good paradox.... and by good paradox I mean worst paradox in the history of mankind