Sunday, November 16, 2014

Waxing Philosophical on a Sunday Morning: Probability of Opportunity

Today's inspiring mathematical thought, brought to you by Dr. Steven Strogatz, Cornell University

"The mathematical theory, 'Littlewood's Law,' said if you break your day into two second chunks, in a month's time you will have experienced about a million of them- or a million opportunities for something wild to happen. Most people think a one-in-a-million chance is unlikely. But this principle suggests that with enough chances, crazy coincidences are likely to occur."

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