Things I know that it seems like nobody else gets (techno-anthropology.blogspot.com) 11 points by KennethMyers 12y ago ↗ HN
[–] ronilan 12y ago ↗ > Try one thousand things that you have a 0.01% chance of succeeding in, and in the end you will accomplish one incredible thing.This is false. [–] hannibal5 12y ago ↗ btw. he says 0.1% not 0.01%If you try things that have 0.1% change one after another, the change of succeeding has binomial distribution. The probability that you get at least one success is just 63% [–] molecule 12y ago ↗ > btw. he says 0.1% not 0.01%it was originally posted as 0.01%.http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%... [–] norswap 12y ago ↗ Came here to say this. Funny to find that in a post called "things I know that it seems like nobody else gets ".Keep in mind it's not the point of the article though (which is interesting if a bit bland - I mean you should know most of this).
[–] hannibal5 12y ago ↗ btw. he says 0.1% not 0.01%If you try things that have 0.1% change one after another, the change of succeeding has binomial distribution. The probability that you get at least one success is just 63% [–] molecule 12y ago ↗ > btw. he says 0.1% not 0.01%it was originally posted as 0.01%.http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%...
[–] molecule 12y ago ↗ > btw. he says 0.1% not 0.01%it was originally posted as 0.01%.http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%...
[–] norswap 12y ago ↗ Came here to say this. Funny to find that in a post called "things I know that it seems like nobody else gets ".Keep in mind it's not the point of the article though (which is interesting if a bit bland - I mean you should know most of this).
[–] valtron 12y ago ↗ > anything someone really really tries to get you to believe is probably false if it doesn't make sense to you.To a lot of people, religion makes sense while, say, quantum mechanics doesn't. [–] molecule 12y ago ↗ “Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” - Albert Einstein [–] hannibal5 12y ago ↗ You don't see people walking around and trying to make you believe in quantum mechanics. [–] valtron 12y ago ↗ I talk about it any chance I get :)
[–] molecule 12y ago ↗ “Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” - Albert Einstein
[–] hannibal5 12y ago ↗ You don't see people walking around and trying to make you believe in quantum mechanics. [–] valtron 12y ago ↗ I talk about it any chance I get :)
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 30.1 ms ] threadThis is false.
If you try things that have 0.1% change one after another, the change of succeeding has binomial distribution. The probability that you get at least one success is just 63%
it was originally posted as 0.01%.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%...
Keep in mind it's not the point of the article though (which is interesting if a bit bland - I mean you should know most of this).
To a lot of people, religion makes sense while, say, quantum mechanics doesn't.