komponisto comments on The Cognitive Science of Rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ciphergoth 11 September 2011 06:28:28PM 2 points [-]

Common usage puts the other one first: "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one"

Comment author: komponisto 11 September 2011 06:39:13PM * 3 points [-]

This is an unfortunate shortening of "a million to one against", which would be correct.

Comment author: MixedNuts 14 January 2012 10:47:33AM 1 point [-]

I thought that "a million to one" always meant "a million to one against", and you had to specify "a million to one on" when necessary.

Comment author: ciphergoth 11 September 2011 06:52:17PM 0 points [-]

My survey of one agrees with you - I would definitely have thought of this the other way around though.