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Re:Paradoxes of Probability and Other Statistical Strangeness by bjl on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:44PM (#14548925)
You can certainly pick a random real number from the unit interval.
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Re:Paradoxes of Probability and Other Statistical Strangeness by waqf on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @06:28PM (#14549204)
Really? Go on, then, pick one and tell us what it is (or at least tell us what your procedure was).
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Re:Paradoxes of Probability and Other Statistical Strangeness by Houshalter on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @08:39PM (#14549935)
One example in a finite space and time setting would be selecting a random point on the ground. Say by dropping a ball there or something. The exact coordinates it lands is a random real number. But the probability that it landed on those exact coordinates is exactly 0, hence a paradox.
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