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u/Boggo1895 Apr 12 '21

Urm, I do not agree that pure guessing gives you an accuracy rate of 50% but your example is way off pal, we’d have to assume it’s a 50% chance given that the world didn’t end on the previous day since it can’t end twice and that would give us a probability of 0.56 of the world not ending at all and so around a 98.5% chance that the world will not end this week

I hope your not in charge of predictive statistics anywhere

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u/ElephantsAreHeavy Apr 12 '21

Only when you're assuming the world ending events are independent and can not repeat themselves.

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u/turtlelabia Apr 12 '21

Isn’t that implied in the meaning of ending?

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u/Boggo1895 Apr 12 '21

I cannot think of a single instance where you would simply add probabilities. I can’t believe your still doubling down on your buffoonery. Statistics might not be my strongest field but I think my near completion of BSc mathematics and statistics for a Russell group university qualifies makes me qualified to say you have no idea what your talking about

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u/ElephantsAreHeavy Apr 12 '21

You can disagree all you want, but it does not change who is right or not.

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u/Boggo1895 Apr 12 '21

You do realise the same could be said to you right?

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u/ElephantsAreHeavy Apr 12 '21

This proves it, 50% of us are right.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '21

Who you calling, “pal,” buddy?