• toofpic@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    The number of attempts is not mathematically affecting the outcome of a single attempts - statistics don’t “owe you” any specific outcomes, just based on previous outcomes. It will be the same formula for each

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      1 hour ago

      Statistics also won’t help you with the guilt when the tram runs over 5 people and now it’s just you and the one guy you saved now trauma bonded.

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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      I didn’t need math to know that the only way I see a guy beheaded is if I don’t pull the lever, so we got to the same answer.