Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work
by dragonwriter on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:06AM
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> I have reservations about the explanation that a consistent positive outcome can be chalked up to pure luck.
It's not even necessarily much luck: if the per-day probability of a violent attack while hitchhiking in Mexico were 1 in 50, which would still be extremely dangerous, it would only be slightly better than average results to go a month straight without an attack.
It's not even necessarily much luck: if the per-day probability of a violent attack while hitchhiking in Mexico were 1 in 50, which would still be extremely dangerous, it would only be slightly better than average results to go a month straight without an attack.