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Re:Why is everything based on likelihoods even though likeli... by cj on Sunday February 18, 2024 @12:49PM (#39421216)
1 in a million is the probability of correctly predicting a unique sequence of 20 coin flips, in the exact order. (E.g. first 10 flips heads, 2nd 10 flips tails, in that order - 1 in a million)
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