chemist612

chemist612 t1_jega1vx wrote

Electrolytes are a type of salt (the generic name for all ionic compounds in chemistry), but are not table salt (the common vernacular meant by salt). We need some ions, but the right kind in the right balance to function. If you drink very salty water (like the ocean), there is a process called osmosis that will suck water out of you instead, literally dehydrating you.

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chemist612 t1_ja842e1 wrote

Probability (and science in general) hinges heavily on semantics. The chance to roll a 6 on a die never changes (1/6), but the chance of having 10 consecutive non-6 rolls is relatively low ([5/6]¹⁰=.162), so the chance of rolling exactly one 6 in a string of 10 rolls is 1-.162=0.838. So if you've had nine non-6s it feels like there is an ~84% chance of rolling a 6 on the next roll, but it is still just a ~17% chance.

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