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Re:DNA has a 521-year half-life (2012) by stocknoob on Saturday February 05, 2022 @11:38AM (#30222806)
This shows the importance of mental gut checks.

If indeed 1% break after 15 years, then 10% (ignoring compounding) break after 150 years, and 50% after 750 years. That doesn’t square with a half life of 10,000.

Re:DNA has a 521-year half-life (2012) by ReaLNero on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:15PM (#30223906)
I always forget Bernoulli's inequality. Your gut isn't as clever as mine :)