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dull_mens_club·Dull Men's Clubbygibmiser

improbable outcome...

I was talking to my daughter about her sick uncle and probabilities and the goddamn worst thing happened. I saw a dice on the table so I picked it up to demonstrate an improbable outcome.

I called "im going to roll a six" then rolled a 6. Well, thats unlikely but its a one in six chance. Highly unlikely i could do it again...

I rolled at least 6 6's in a row. By the 5th I was convinced it was a loaded dice. I confirmed it is not a loaded dice on roll 7 or 8.

Fucking what the hell universe

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It's trying to tell you that long odds will happen too in an infinite universe

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aussie.zone

Rolling it the same way, holding it the same way each time, you've got much higher odds of rolling the same number than 1/6!

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That's the explanation I think it's correct. Otherwise it's a 1 in like... 46.6k odds? Not impossible, but certainly is an odd time to hit a minor jackpot.

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lemmy.world

Missed opportunity. You could have bought a lottery ticket instead

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According to a probability calculator I just used, six dice getting a 6 is a .002143347 % probability. Nice!

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