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Thread #147364   Message #3415468
Posted By: Jack the Sailor
06-Oct-12 - 01:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: A coincidence I found amazing
Subject: RE: BS: A coincidence I found amazing
How can you not believe in coincidence?

From a statistical perspective, coincidences are inevitable and often less remarkable than they may appear intuitively. An example is the birthday problem, where the probability of two individuals sharing a birthday already exceeds 50% with a group of only 23.[1]