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Is there statistical credibility to the idea that any one rare experience is unlikely to happen to any one person, but at least one rare experience is likely to happen to each person? (kbin.social)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’m picturing the math as a very large set of bell curves where most people fall somewhere in the middle, but each person is likely to be an outlier on at least one.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't have an answer to your question, but a recent radiolab was dealing with this sort of stuff. Maybe you'd be interested, it might be a bit too casual for your liking, not exactly a deep mathematics podcast.

https://pca.st/episode/23c3d299-cf9a-4ec8-a769-5b98db663270

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the rec! Not a mathematician and happy to ingest food for thought npr style.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

You're welcome, I bet you'll like it. There was actually another math one a couple weeks ago called zeroworld, it's about dividing by zero and stuff.