28-11-2021, 13:24
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Just a Geek
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 3,618
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by nomadking
I didn't say that. The odds of it happening on at least one occasion, amongst all those throws still increases. You only have to catch Covid ONCE, which is what we're talking about.
If you throw a pair of dice, a billion times, then a double six is highly likely to have come up at least once in one of those billion throws. Although theoretically possible that a double six wouldn't have appeared in any of those billion throws, you shouldn't bet on that happening.
It is not measuring win vs loss, the loss is "catastrophic". If you lose everything if it is a double six, would you take part? And if so, how many times would you risk taking part? The wins could never compensate for any loss.
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jebus cripes it was just meant as a humorous retort not a serious reply
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