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Re:Why people make dumb financial decisions on purpose by anigbrowl on Saturday September 03, 2022 @01:34PM (#32704134)
if you play the game 20 times you’re almost certain to win 50 million

You can get any result you want if you just rewrite the problem conditions ◔_◔

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Re:Why people make dumb financial decisions on purpose by Bootvis on Saturday September 03, 2022 @01:46PM (#32704244)
I replied to someone claiming that you should always go for certainty no matter how many games you play. If you get to play the game 49 times it doesn’t make much sense to go for certainty 49 times because 2^-49 (or 2^-20) is really small.
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