BreaknBrix
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- Mar 25, 2014
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I saw this crazy shit on tv that I can't make sense of but it seemed real as hell and apparently there is math to back it up. I've always been real bad at math and want to see if this works and if so I need to know HOW.
If you want to play, these are the rules:
1) You need to list your b-day EXCLUDING the year. There is no need for the year.
2) Make a decision after you read this line, that you are either going to play or you are NOT going to play. I must repeat. If you want to play just list the month and year. Don't tell yourself, "I'm not gonna play", then you read the responses, see a matching date and change your mind to "force" a math. You're either in or your out so make up your mind right now so we can avoid any sampling or confirmation bias.
3) You should have your made up mind by now. Do NOT change it.
Now this is how it's suppose to work.
There are 365 days in a year. But apparently, if 30 people list their b-days (without the year) there's a >>70% chance we will see a match. So we have more than a 70% chance of getting a match before we get to page 2.
On tv they only had to ask 10 people to get matching dates. I want to see if we can also get a match under 30. And if we do I'd like some math wiz to explain why there's a 70% chance of a match with 30 dates when there are still 335 dates left in the year.
But let's place the game first! (if mods approve of course)
I'll start: 6-28
If you want to play, these are the rules:
1) You need to list your b-day EXCLUDING the year. There is no need for the year.
2) Make a decision after you read this line, that you are either going to play or you are NOT going to play. I must repeat. If you want to play just list the month and year. Don't tell yourself, "I'm not gonna play", then you read the responses, see a matching date and change your mind to "force" a math. You're either in or your out so make up your mind right now so we can avoid any sampling or confirmation bias.
3) You should have your made up mind by now. Do NOT change it.
Now this is how it's suppose to work.
There are 365 days in a year. But apparently, if 30 people list their b-days (without the year) there's a >>70% chance we will see a match. So we have more than a 70% chance of getting a match before we get to page 2.
On tv they only had to ask 10 people to get matching dates. I want to see if we can also get a match under 30. And if we do I'd like some math wiz to explain why there's a 70% chance of a match with 30 dates when there are still 335 dates left in the year.
But let's place the game first! (if mods approve of course)
I'll start: 6-28
