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It Could Just Be Coincidence

A poor understanding of probability leads many people to put forward supernatural explanation for events that are far more common than they think. This video shows how probability theory is sufficient to explain even seemingly remarkable coincidences.

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JonTheGoose : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

JonTheGoose

24 votes NegativePositive

300 days 5 hours ago...

they gave a GRANT to a bunch of assholes to see if monkeys could type shakespear?!

gordon85 : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

gordon85

20 votes NegativePositive

300 days 2 hours ago...

great vid. MOAAAARRR!!!

Vizreel : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

Vizreel

22 votes NegativePositive

299 days 19 hours ago...

During highschool in computer class all my colleagues used to play this quiz game in which answering questions correctly resulting in conquering a territory and such. I used to lay back and guess the correct answer even before the question appeared (a, b, c or d) at random and I usually got it right and people subsequently shat bricks. What they didn`t notice was how many mistakes I made, whenever I guessed wrong I changed seats to help another player and so on and so forth. People only remark success, not failure.

Hoemo : LVL 16: VP 2.5: said:

Hoemo

18 votes NegativePositive

299 days 11 hours ago...

^And look where you are at now!?

W84Q : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

W84Q

1 votes NegativePositive

299 days 10 hours ago...

Thank You, Thank you , Thank you, I see it now.!!
I will finally be able to get some sleep.

Pfeil : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Pfeil

7 votes NegativePositive

299 days 9 hours ago...

Wow, I had a dream I was going to watch a video about probability. Freaky!

kizm01 : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

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299 days 9 hours ago...

So I woke up this morning. I drank some coffee. I proceeded to compose music. After composing my music I got excited. I forced a fart and I sharted. After I sharted I went to the bathroom and threw away my boxers. I cleaned off my ass. What is strange is that one stain wouldn`t come off. Coincidence?!!

Trickee : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

Trickee

7 votes NegativePositive

299 days 5 hours ago...

pffftttt, ye right... god did it!!! :O

streetnic : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

streetnic

3 votes NegativePositive

298 days 21 hours ago...

It is great that the video right before this one is titled "One in a Million Buzzer Beater"...

Wonder if they calculated that properly??

FatHeadZach : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

FatHeadZach

0 votes NegativePositive

298 days 20 hours ago...

I think one of the words that you could of seen or heard was "resin"... Fucking pot head.

inner : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

inner

-2 votes NegativePositive

298 days 20 hours ago...

Oh go away you NWO shrill.

fryser_d : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

fryser_d

-2 votes NegativePositive

298 days 9 hours ago...

More or less valid...

I did have the probability math class, and I did understand all this a long time ago...

...but I experienced "HARDCORE" dream premonitions in my life that was nowhere near coincidences. I don`t pretend like the smartass in that clip to know how it works, I just know it did.

Knowing how the univers is complex, and how little we know about it(even if we like to pretend we do) I found some poeple pretty arrogant to have a blind faith about things they take as true...

...remind you of something?

L3b3rt : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

L3b3rt

0 votes NegativePositive

298 days 7 hours ago...

in short: It had to happen sooner or later.
this really puts everything into perspective, im faving this, and please upload more!

Fastway : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Fastway

0 votes NegativePositive

297 days 22 hours ago...

so u tellin me that there`s no jesus?! fck!!

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