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ApoliteTroll t1_ja6q4zc wrote

Reply to comment by DotSuspicious8153 in There is a 0.0027% chance that any given day is your birthday. by [deleted]

Except it is true, there is a 1/365 chance it is your birthday today.

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BrainFartTheFirst t1_ja6qh5r wrote

What if you were born on February 29th?

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ApoliteTroll t1_ja6t0oo wrote

Then according to some superstition, your life will be full of suffering and bad luck.

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Hesaidpoop t1_ja6qo5u wrote

You don’t understand probabilities then. If all factors are equal, then sure, but human interactions are cyclical, resource dependent, and have extrinsic factors that cause fluctuations in birthing rates, thus creating an unequal distribution map. You’re wrong.

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ApoliteTroll t1_ja6r3ub wrote

If I point to any person on the planet, statically the chance of it being their birthday is 1/365. That is how that works.

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Hesaidpoop t1_ja6rai3 wrote

No, it is not. Not even close. If you are in the US, the month that has the most birthdays is August, which then skews the likelihood of drawing a specific date. Dude, pay attention in maths.

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ApoliteTroll t1_ja6rf4z wrote

If I point to any person on the planet, statically the chance of it being their birthday is 1/365. That is how that works.

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Hesaidpoop t1_ja6rgq8 wrote

Maybe when you’re 4.

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ApoliteTroll t1_ja6rleo wrote

Show me I'm mathematically wrong then.

If nothing else, there is 1/365 it is your birthday today.

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Hesaidpoop t1_ja6rof0 wrote

This can’t happen under your model. https://www.zippia.com/advice/most-least-common-birthdays/

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