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Expensive Bullshit at Scale

by emmender on 6/18/23, 7:35 PM with 2 comments

• by emmender on 6/18/23, 7:35 PM

  loved the "dumb monty hall" problem, and inspired me to create this "stupid birthday paradox".

  "In an event for twins, How many people should attend so that the likelihood of finding two people with the same birthday is over 50%"

  the slightest tweaks to the standard problem narratives trips up these stochastic parrots.