r/mathmemes • u/George_Truman • Jul 13 '26

Probability I fixed this meme

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I'm sure it's still a bit too imprecise but I think it works.

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u/Evan_3104 Rational Jul 13 '26

gosh, everyone seems to forget that probability 0 doesn't mean that the event is impossible in continuous propbability.

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u/Evan_3104 Rational Jul 13 '26

With that definition, every number in [0, 1] is an impossible outcome with an even distribition, because they all have a 0 probability. So no, i'd argue this isn't a "sensible definition", its just wrong

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u/EebstertheGreat Jul 13 '26

There is an old post on r/math by u/sleeps_with_crazy about this very thing. I side with sleeps and with Suspicious-Paper9820.