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shasta
on May 22, 2012
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Please don't let gaming consume your life
Probability of 1.0? Are you sure you're doing the right math? What's the probability after 6,400 years? 2.0?
humbledrone
on May 22, 2012
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I meant expected value, but I wrote "expected probably".
SamReidHughes
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That's still wrong. If you have x chance of surviving each day of rock climbing then you have an x^n chance of surviving n days of rock climbing, not a 0 chance of surviving.
mertd
on May 22, 2012
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OK, by now we all know that GP meant expected number of fatal accidents.
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