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Re:The Birthday Paradox Experiment by seritools on Friday November 22, 2024 @08:36AM (#42213724)
> While the math is clear, I'm a bit annoyed by the label "paradox" as the whole setup is too simplistic and reductionistic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox#Veridical_paradox

(also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppX7Qjbe6BM for a 40min video discussing the weird usages of the word "paradox")

Re:The Birthday Paradox Experiment by lukol on Friday November 22, 2024 @12:13PM (#42215580)
Thanks, I was not aware of this classification. I primarily tend to think of paradoxes as "self-contradictory statements" but you just expanded my definition.