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The chances of ANYTHING happening are 50/50

Right now there is a 50/50 chance that an asteroid will smash through my roof. it will either happen. or it wont. its like heads or tails. there is also a 50/50 chance that a unicorn will appear in my kitchen in the next 5 minutes. It will either happen. or it wont. its like heads or tails. my logic is undeniable.
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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 there is a 50/50 chance that it will land on a specific side. IE 50/50 chance of rolling a 1 ( you will roll a 1 or you will not ) [/quote] This right here just showed me how much trolling just went down in this thread.

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  • To be or not to be?

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OoCarpetoO What about if i am rolling a die?[/quote] there is a 50/50 chance that it will land on a specific side. IE 50/50 chance of rolling a 1 ( you will roll a 1 or you will not ) 50/50 chance of rolling a 2 ( you will roll a 2 or you will not ) 50/50 chance of rolling a 3 ( you will roll a 3 or you will not ) 50/50 chance of rolling a 4 ( you will roll a 4 or you will not ) 50/50 chance of rolling a 5 ( you will roll a 5 or you will not ) 50/50 chance of rolling a 6 ( you will roll a 6 or you will not )[/quote] That's not how it works..

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  • Lol. Do people know what a troll is?

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  • This troll is good. 9.5/10

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Spartanr63 Yeah but the chance of "It not happening" are much higher than the chance of "It not happening", in the cases you just mentioned[/quote] Exactly, probability describes the chance of the outcome happening, not the number of outcomes. Idk why people even paid attention to this thread in the first place.

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  • This is the ultime troll science and infinite loop hole paradox

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  • Yeah but the chance of "It not happening" are much higher than the chance of "It not happening", in the cases you just mentioned

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GladBurrito [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Milk Ninja Haha this thread is still going on? You kids are idiots feeding this OBVIOUS troll.[/quote] How do you it's a troll? How do you know it's obvious? This isn't just a joke thread anymore, this is philosophical wonder. [/quote] Because it's observably false...the odds of rolling a 1 on a die versus rolling anything else is not 50/50. You can test this yourself.

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  • Your logic is utterly retarded.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 -snip- my logic is undeniable.[/quote] You have so got to die.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Milk Ninja Haha this thread is still going on? You kids are idiots feeding this OBVIOUS troll.[/quote] How do you it's a troll? How do you know it's obvious? This isn't just a joke thread anymore, this is philosophical wonder. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tr sargent ... Fine. What are the chances of that dead guy *points at H0FFman J from page 7* being dead? Well it can't be that a dead guy has a 50% chance of being alive...[/quote] How do you know he's really dead? [Edited on 05.20.2012 3:14 PM PDT]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] funkbrotha10 my logic is undeniable.[/quote] +1 for reference

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  • 50% chance of OP being right Leads to a different percentage if he predicts something /pwnt

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  • Haha this thread is still going on? You kids are idiots feeding this OBVIOUS troll.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GladBurrito [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tr sargent There is a flaw with your 50/50... Will I die? ...It has to be yes, as it will happen sometime, but it can never be no as living indefinitely is impossible. [/quote] What if there is a chance you could not die, but it's never happened?[/quote] ... Fine. What are the chances of that dead guy *points at H0FFman J from page 7* being dead? Well it can't be that a dead guy has a 50% chance of being alive... [Edited on 05.20.2012 3:06 PM PDT]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tr sargent There is a flaw with your 50/50... Will I die? ...It has to be yes, as it will happen sometime, but it can never be no as living indefinitely is impossible. [/quote] What if there is a chance you could not die, but it's never happened?

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  • There is a flaw with your 50/50... Will I die? ...It has to be yes, as it will happen sometime, but it can never be no as living indefinitely is impossible. What are chances of everything having a chance of 50/50? Either it is...or it isn't

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  • There's a 0/0 chance that Halo 4 will be good. My logic is undeniable.

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  • How do you know you're not the only one posting on The Flood, and everyone else is bots? How do you know other people exist? The brain named itself A human starts to die at the moment of conception [Edited on 05.20.2012 2:55 PM PDT]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Isai16 Actually the chances of dying are 100% not 50/50[/quote]This guy got it.

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  • Well, by your logic, there's a 50/50 chance that you're wrong. Because you can be either right, or wrong. So you could be wrong OP.

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  • If cat lands on feet, and toast lands butter-side down, then will buttercat float?

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  • So you are saying that there is a 50/50 chance of me posting in this thread?

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  • Actually the chances of dying are 100% not 50/50

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dodge Reborn [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] WinyPit82 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Technoxious [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] WinyPit82 There are two ways I'm looking at this thread: 1. OP genuinely believes there is a 50/50 chance of any occurrence taking place 2. OP wanted to troll people but accidentally provided a plausible idea[/quote] How is this plausible at all? Just because you are talking about the probability of either event A or event B happening, does not mean event A and event B have equal probabilities.[/quote] According to...? [/quote] Well applying the logic of OP here. There is a 50% chance of him being right or wrong. That implies eventually an occurrence will happen where the chances will not be 50%. Logic'd. [/quote] Huh. My brain hurts. People's perceptions of the OP are different, based on what I'm seeing. Maybe probability and possibility are being mixed up by me, like the other guy said.

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